Blind Snulce from Brazil. 

 I lei mint hop /lis wilJeri (Garman). 



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Typhlops wilderi, Garman, Science Observer, iv. 1883, p. 48. 

 Rostral large, exteruling to the level of the eyes, one 

 third the \v id lb of the head: frontal twice as iaro-e as, or 



Helminthopliis tcilderi (Garm.). 



a, lateral view of the head ; b, ventral view of the head ; 

 c, dorsal view of the head, 



larger than, scales on the back ; one preocular ; ejes under 

 the sutures between the supra-ocular, preocular, and ocular ; 

 prefrontal very large, triangular, generally reaching the 1st 

 nasal ; labials 3, the 2nd and 3rd in contact with the ocular, 

 the anterior largest, forming an acute angle between the 

 nasal and the rostral; sublabials 3 (? 4) ; diameter of body 

 35 times in the total length ; tail almost as wide as long, 

 with 11 ventral scales; 20-22 scales round the body; anal 

 plate slightly larger than ventrals. 



I'otal length 170-185 mm. 



Coloration according to Garman : " Back a rich lustrous 

 brown ; belly and head lighter. The head is the lightest- 

 coloured portion of the body. Tlie tail is daiker beneath 

 than the remainder of the vential surface." 



From II. guentJieri, Boul., it can be distinguished by the 

 ])rcsence of 3 labials instead of 4, and 3 sublabials instead 

 of 5; by the small scale following the very large frontal. 

 From //. canel/ei, Mocquard, it ditlers by the presence of one 

 preocular instead of two. 



The two specimens in the Museum of Cornell University 

 have been determined by Garman, and are the types of the 

 species. Three specimens were collected in iy78-9 by 

 Prof. J. C. Branner in Cyriaco, near iSerra Providencia, 

 Minas Geraes, Brazil. 



