SOME NEW SNAKES FROM THE ORIENTAL REGION. r,l5 



The shortness of the tail is one very noticeable feature. Colonel Evans' 

 specimen measured 18^ inches, the tail accounting for ]f inches. The 

 ventrals numbered 140, and the subcaudals 24 (25 ?). A row of dark 

 dorsal spots were present along each side. In other respects the two 

 specimens completely agree. 



Typhlovs vennincfi, spec. nov. — Among other interesting snakes from 

 Burma lately received from Captain F, E. W. Venning is a blind snake 

 of the family TyjMopidce which is new to science. I propose to associate 

 the discoverer's name {viz. Mrs, Venning) with these specimens (two) which 

 have been lodged in the British Museum. 



Habitat — Pyawbwe, Upper Burma circa 700 feet. 



Description. — Rostral — About half the width of the head above. Prce- 

 frontal, frontal, and interparietal subequal, rather larger than the body 

 scales. Supraocular — About as broad as the preceding. Anterior parietal — 

 Broader than the supraocular. Nasals — Not meeting behind rostral. Not 

 completely divided, the suture above the nostril failing to meet the rostral. 

 The suture below the nostril passes to the 2nd labial. Prceocular — Touches 



the 2nd and 3rd of the labial series. Ocular as large as the prseocular, in 

 contact with the 3rd and 4th labials. Temporal — One. Labials — Four 

 Scales in 18 rows in the whole body length. 

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