On a new Typlilops/rowj Taof/anyihi Terriforij. GS5 



have ii general arraiigeineiit rcscinhlin;^ tliat ol" (J. connor- 

 fil'i'i ; the prehiirsal pjipillaj are small. Tlie equal and similar 

 .s|)iciile.s ii»easuriii<T ()• 1 produce to;rether a lyrate ap[)earance 

 at their points when seen from dor.sum or venter. Tlie length 

 oL" the accessory piece i.s 0*055. 



'\!\ie female has a leiij^th of 5*25 and a niaxinuun breadth 

 about the e([uator of 0*.'i5. The distances between the anterior 

 etid and the cervical papilUe, nerve-ring, excretory pore, and 

 oesophageal termination are respectively 0'-45, 0*4, 0*4:25, and 

 ()'75. Tiie vidva lies 2 from the tip of the caudal inucron. 

 The iutra-iiterine ova measure 0'0l)5 to 0*07 by O-Oi. 



LXXXVXIL — Description of a new Typhlops /'/•o/?i 

 TtUKjanyiIca Territory. By JOAN B. PROCTER, F.Z.S. 



Tijphlops e.vcentricus, sp. n. 



Diagnosis. — Closely allied to 2\ mucroso, Ptrs., from which 

 it may be distinguished by the shape of the rostral (which is 

 truncated instead of rounded posteriorly), by the nasals (which 

 meet each other behind the rostral), and by the comparative 

 slenderness of its body (which is 44 times its diameter as 

 against 35). It also ditfers from the typical mucroso in 

 having the lower surfaces finely variegated, as in the form 

 described as T. hiunbo by Bocage. 



Descrip'ion. — Head strongly depressed, ornamented above 

 and beneath with minute excrescences disposed thickly at 

 regular intervals. Snout with sharp cutting-edge, flat 

 beneath and projecting to a distance equal to half length of 

 head. 



Rostral small, not extending nearly to level of eyes; 

 portion on upper surface of head squarish, portion beneath 

 snout triangular, equilateral. Nostrils inferior ; nasals semi- 

 divided, the clett extending from first labial, meeting each 

 other above by a short suture behind rostral ; praeoculars 

 about two-thirds breadth of oculars, pointed above and 

 beneath ; eyes distinguisliai)le, superior ; oculars separated 

 from each other by three sciles; mouth minute. 



Body with 30 scales round the middle, depressed *, its total 

 length about 44 times its diameter. Tail broader than long, 

 ending in a spine. 



* The slouorhed skin shows that the depression of the body is to some 

 extent natural, and not due to distortion on preservation. 



