208 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1905. 
26. Additions to the Oollection sé Oriental Snakes in the Indian 
useum, Part ith 3 figures).—By N. ANNANDALE, er 
D.Sc. , Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Museum. 
oe present communication deals with a miscellaneous assem* 
of specimens, and completes for the present my notes on recent 
additions to the collection, all the Oriental species having now being 
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s clear 
general bayer of the eas oles of the country. 
The addition of a second species of Helicops to the fauna of Asia 
is cataledtttng, while one of the new eine forms is @ 
example of superficial resemblance, if not of ‘“‘Mimicry.” A 
Typhlops and a new Ablabes have no erage importance, but 
must a recorded in order to complete the lis 
regard to doubtful specimens, I have ene it a practice to 
Hitsekt out the jaws on one side. This seems to me to be the only 
way in which it is possible to ensure a satisfactory view © of the 
dentition. The operation can be performed without materially 
damaging the specimen externally, and if the bones are nce 
in a small tube stoppered with cotton wool in the bottle in whic 
the specimen is ee sot are —— oa cee study. 
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TYPHLOPID A. 
TYPHLOPS MULLERI.* 
Teter ; ia en broader thant long, ending in a spine; snout Basel 
the sides rounded, moderately projecting. Rostral between } and 3 
i. ee 
{ Since this sentence was written I have — some further — 
tions to the collection in the desert tract of S.E. India. They will be 4¢ 
scribed in a later communication to the Society. ceatenine 16, 1905. 
