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the level of the eyes; nasal extending over the eye, in contact with 
the ocular, which is small ; a preocular and a subocular ; eyes dis- 
tinguishable ; four upper labials, Diameter of body 62 or 68 times 
in the total length ; tail very short. 25 scales round the middle of 
the body, 27 anteriorly. Black, with a yellow vertebral stripe 
three scales wide ; a stripe on the rostral, lower surface of snout, 
and lips brownish yellow. 
Total length 375 millim. 
Somaliland and Zanzibar. 
a, Ad. Mombasa. Mr, Last [C.]. 
97. Typhlops acutus. 
Onychocephalus acutus, Dum. § Bibr. vi. ey 333 (1844) ; Giinth. 
ept. Brit, Ind. p. 177, pl. xiv. fig. A (1864) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. 
Ae. 1865, p. 263; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 126 (1876). . 
Typhlops russellii (non Schleg.), Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 182 (1845). 
se ig ps westermanni, Liitk. Vid. Meddel. 1862, p. 306, pl. i. 
ypldngh cichicna, Jon, Tote. Gee 0g tab 
4 i tk poe acutus, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1881, p. 70. 
Typhlops acutus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 242 (1890). 
Snout pointed and hooked, with sharp horizontal edge and inferior 
nostrils, Rostral very large, extending posteriorly far beyond the 
level of the eyes; nostrils close to the rostral; nasal extending over 
the eye, in contact with and nearly as broad as the ocular; a pre- 
ocular and a subocular; eyes distinguishable ; prefrontal and supra- 
oculars much broader than the scales on the body; four upper 
labials. Diameter of body 40 to 60 times in the total length ; tail 
as long as or shorter than broad, terminating in a spine. 28 to 
34 scales round the middle of the body, 30 to 36 anteriorly. Pale 
brown above, each scale with or without a yellowish transverse 
streak ; yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 610 millim. 
India. 
a. Ad, India. Dr. P. Russell [P.]. (Type of 
T. russellit.) 
b. Yg. Aska, Ganjam. E, A. Minchin, Esq. [P.]. 
ec. Ad. Belgaum. Dr. Leith Bt 
df. Hgr. Bombay. Dr. Leith | P. |. 
g. Ad. Matheran, Dr. Leith | P.). 
h-i. Ad. Madras Presidency. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
k. Ad. Malabar. Sir A. Smith | P. |. 
l,m. Ad. & hgr. Malabar. Col. Beddome [C. }. 
n. Ad. Nellumbar, Col. Beddome | C. |, 
(O. malabaricus, Bedd.) 
o. Ad, Palghat Hills, Col. Beddome | C.]. 
p. Her. Anamallays. Col, Beddome te: ’ 
q. Ad. Trichinopoly. Col, Beddome [C.}. 
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