22 TTPHLOPIDiB. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. 

 Eostral about one third the width of the head, extending nearly to 

 the level of the eyes ; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft proceed- 

 ing from the second labial ; prseocular present, about as broad as 

 the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; eyes 

 distinguishable ; upper head-scales moderately enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 40 to 52 times in the total length : tail 

 about as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 or 24 scales round 

 the body. Brown or brownish above, yellowish interiorly. 



Total length 260 millim. 



Prom the Ionian Islands, Greece, Asia Minor, and Syria, to 

 Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Persia. 



a. Hgr. Morea. 



6. Ad. Bay of Salamis. ^ Inoe, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. Constantinople. 



d-f, g. Ad. Xanthus. Sir 0. Fellows [P.]. 



h, i. Ad. Cyprus. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



h. Hgr. Cyprus. Dr. C. E. Cullen [P.]. 



I. Ad. Mt. Harmon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



m. Ad. Caucasus. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 



n. Ad. Ai Dara, W. slope of Co- M. C. Eylandt [C.]. 



pet Dagh, Transcaspia. 



o-p. Ad. Ashkabad, Transcaspia. M. P. A. Warentzow [C.]. 



q-t. Ad. Puli Hatun, Transcaspia. M. C. Eylandt [C.]. 



u. Ad. S.W. of Karman, 6000 ft. W. T. Blanford, Esq. _[E.]. 



(One of the types of T. persicus.) 



V. Ad. N. of Herat. Dr. Aitchison [0.]. 



Afghan Boundary Commission. 



16. Typhlops diardi. 



Typhlops diardii, Schkff. Abbild. p. 39 (1844) ; Dum. 8r Bibr. vi. 



p. 300 (1844) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 19, 1. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 10 



(1864) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 262 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 



Mept. p. 238, fig. (1890). 

 Argyrophis horstieldii, Oray, Cat. Liz. p. 137 (1845). 

 Typhlops striolatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 922 ; Qiintli. 



Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 174 (1864) ; Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 122 



(1876). 

 horsfieldii, Gilnth. op. cit. p. 173, pi. xvi. fig. E ; Stoliczka, 



Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 423; Theoh. op. cit. p. 121. 

 barmanus, Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 144. 



Snout rounded and strongly projecting ; nostrils lateral. Eostral 

 narrow, its upper portion about one third the width of the head, 

 extending to between the eyes; nasal nearly completely divided, 

 the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; a prseocular, nearly as 

 large as the ocular, in contact with the second and third labials ; 

 eyes distinct ; praefruntal and frontal usually scarcely larger than 

 the scales on the body, supraoculars and parietals broader ; four 

 upper labials. Diameter of body 29 to 34 timesl n the total length ; 

 tail as long as broad or broader than long, terminating in a spine. 



