208 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1905. 
26. Additions to the Collection of Oriental Snakes in the Indian 
Museum, Pari 8. (With 3 figures).—By N. ANNANDALE, B,A., ~ 
D.Sc.,Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Museum. 
The present communication deals with a miscellaneous assem- 
blage of specimens, and completes for the present my notes on recent 
additions to the collection, all the Oriental species having now being 
worked out and arranged!. Four new speciesand a new genus are 
described below, two of the former coming from the Malay Archi- 
pelago, one from N. EH. India, and one from Gilgit. Considering 
the number of individuals examined, this does not represent a 
large percentage of novelties; and although new forms will certainly 
continue to be discovered from time to time in the remoter dis- 
tricts of the Indian Empire, it is clear that we now have a good 
general knowledge of the systematic ophiology of the country. 
The addition of a second species of Helicops to the fauna of Asia 
is interesting, while one of the new Malaysian forms is a good 
example of superficial resemblance, if not of “‘Mimicry.” A new 
Typhlops and a new Ablabes have no particular importance, but 
must be recorded in order to complete the list. 
In regard to doubtful specimens, I have made it a practice to 
dissect 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 preserved 
in a small tube stoppered with cotton wool in the bottle in which 
the specimen is kept, they are available for future study. 
TYPHLOPIDA. 
TYPHLOPS MULLERI.™ 
A specimen from the Malay Archipelago is mottled on the 
dorsal surface of the posterior part of the body with dull yellow, 
the remainder of the back and sides being brown instead of black ; 
but the latter peculiarity may be due to imperfect preservation. 
TYPHLOPS KAPALADUA,* Sp. nov. 
Diagnosis—Habit stout; length about 27 times diameter of 
body ; tail much broader than long, ending in a spine; snout obtuse, 
the sides rounded, moderately projecting. Rostral between 3 and 3 
as broad as head, reaching the level of the eyes behind, separating 
the nasals completely. Nostril lateral, almost visible from above, 
with a single large subcircular pit embracing the nasal cleft 
beneath it ; nasal completely divided, the cleft starting from the 
1 Since this sentence was written I have obtained some further addi- 
tions to the collection in the desert tract of S.E. India. They will be de- 
scribed in a later communication to the Society. September 16, 1905. 
