232 W. L. Sclatev — Notes on the Snakes in the Indian Museum. [No. S, 



Mr. Boulenger's work, and a complete list of them will shortly be pub- 

 lished, in the meantime the following notes may be found useful. 



Ttphlops diardi, ScHeg., Boulenger, p. 238. 

 Typhlops bothriorhtnchus, Giinth., Boulenger, p. 239, 



I have found it difficult to separate tbese two species, in fact 

 the only distinction pointed out by Boulenger is the presence of the 

 pits below the nostrils, these I have found vary considerably in depth 

 and conspicuousness ; all the specimens of T. bothriorhynchus in the Indian 

 Museum were procured in Assam where T. diardi also seems to be 

 most abundant ; it would therefore seem possible that this pit might be 

 a sexual or seasonal mark, and that these two species are really one and 

 the same. 



Typhlops theobaldianus, Stol., Boulenger, p. 240. 



Of this species, which seems to be unrepresented in the British 

 Museum Collection, the Indian Museum possesses two examples, one the 

 type, the history of which is unknown, and a second procured by Capt. 

 J. Butler at Samagooting in the Naga hills. 



Typhlops acutus, (Dum. et Bibr.), Boulenger, p, 241. 



This species is not confined to Southern India, it extends to Bengal, 

 and the Indian Museum contains specimens from Sipri in Gwalior, 

 Chybassa in Chota Nagpur, Calcutta and Krishnaghur. 



Python molurus, (Linn.), Boulenger, p, 246, 



Boulenger does not mention whether the present species extends to 

 China, Griinther also expresses a doubt on the subject, the matter may now 

 be settled as the Indian Museum possesses an undoubted specimen of P. 

 molurus procured by Surgeon- Major Hungerford at Haiphong (Hiao- 

 fung ?) near Shanghai. 



SiLYBURA NIGRA, Beddome, Boulenger, p. 263. 



Silyhura wood-masoni, Theobald (Cat, Rept. Brit. Ind., p. 135) the 

 type of which is in the Indian Museum, seem rather referable to Silybura 

 nigra than to S. pulneyensis. 



Silybura brevis, Giinth., Boulenger, p. 268. 



This species extends northwards to the Ganjara hills, whence the 

 Museum possesses a specimen presented by Col. R. H. Beddome, 



