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over this another basket was made, and in the double basket it reached 

 Calcutta. The men said they had no trouble in getting it into the basket. 



W. FORSYTH. 



Pen Ithon Hall, Newton, N. Wales, 

 imh June 1911. 



No. XLI.— REMARKS ON TWO RARE BLIND SNAKES. 



In examining the blind snakes {Typhlopidce) in our Society Museum. I 

 have come across two that are worthy of remark. 



T. porrecttis. (Stoliczka.) 



There is a single specimen of this species from Poona, which does not 

 quite accord with Jan's figures of the type. Further Boulenger's descrip- 

 tion (Cat., Vol. 1, p. 19), judging from this specimen would bear amplifica- 

 tion. 



I would describe it as follows : — Rostral. — Not reaching level of eyes. 

 Nasal. — Not meeting behind rostral ; semi-divided, the suture passing to 

 the 2nd labial. Head covered with shields slightly larger than those on 

 the body. Of those there are 8 in the median line, 9 on either side, the 

 anterior 2 of the latter (the supraocular and parietal) being rather broader 

 than the succeeding 5. (Jan shows 4 median and 3 lateral shields enlarged). 

 Prosocular touching 2nd and 3rd labials ; subequal to ocular. Ocular toucb- 

 ijig the 3rd and 4th labials. Temporal one (Jan shows three). Costal 17, 

 (not including the ventral row) in whole body-length. Snout rounded. 

 Eye black and very distinct (Boulenger indistinct), small, lying beneath the 

 suture between the supraocular and ocular shields. Length 133 mm. 

 Breadth 1/58 the total length (Boulenger 1/70 to 1/90). I append figures. 



T. macMnnoni (Wall.) 



This species has been till now known only from a single specimen collect- 

 ed in Mussoorie, now in the British Museum. In our Society's collection 

 I find one labelled porrectus with no record of locality. It differs from the 

 type in that the rostral does not quite reach the level of the eyes. In 

 length it is 185 mm. The literal breadth is 1/46, the total length, agreeing 



