26 TYPHLOPID. 
24. Typhlops theobaldianus. 
Typhlops theobaldianus, Stoliezka, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. xl. ei Pe 
439 pl. xxv. 5 5-8; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. 
Pig76) Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 240 (1890) W. L. 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. \x. 1891, p. 23 
Snout round and strongly projecting; nostrils lateral. Rostral 
considerably more than one third (nearly half) the width of the 
head, reaching very far back on the top of the head; nasal semi- 
divided, the cleft. extending from the second labial to the nostril; 
a procular, nearly as large as the ocular ; eyes perfectly indistinct ; 
prefrontal very slightly longer than frontal; four upper labials. 
Diameter of body about 70 times in the total length ; tail nearly 
thrice as long as broad, terminating in an obtuse point, without 
spine. 22 scales round the body. Greyish brown, slightly paler 
below. 
Total length 350 millim. 
Assam. 
25. Typhlops thurstonii. 
Typhlops thurstoni, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges, 1890, p. 297. 
Snout rounded, moderately projecting ; nostrils lateral. Rostral 
rather more than half the width of the head, reaching far back on 
the top of the head; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft extending 
from the second labial to a little beyond the nostril; eyes not 
distinguishable ; prefrontal moderate; frontal and interparietal 
narrow ; four upper labials, third and fourth in contact with the 
ocular. Diameter of body 45 to 52 times in the total length; tail 
once and a half to twice as long as broad, without or with a very 
feeble and obtuse spine. 20 scales round the body. Uniform 
isabelline yellow, paler inferiorly. 
Total length 170 millim, (reaches a length of 240 millim.), 
Nilgherry Hills, 8. India. 
a-b. Her. Nellambur. G. E. Mason, Esq. [P.}. 
26. Typhlops acuticauda. 
i ara acuticaudus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 416, pl. — 
Snout rounded, very prominent; nostrils lateral. Rostral about 
one third the width of the head, extending to the level of the eyes ; 
nostril between two nasals, the anterior in contact with the first 
and second labials; preocular present, a little narrower than the 
ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes distinct ; 
upper head-shields, except the parietals, scarcely ‘enlarged ; four 
upper labials. Diameter of body 52 times in the total length ; tail 
