122. TTPKLOSEOPHIS. 351 



broader than long, shorter than the parietals ; eye extremely 

 minute ; supraocular very small, confluent with the postooular ; no 

 prseocular; four upper labials, second and fourth largest, second 

 and third entering the eye ; first lower labial in contact with its 

 fellow behind the symphysial ; two pairs of chin-shields, in contact 

 with each other. Body extremely slender. Scales in 13 rows. 

 Ventrals 300-820; anal entire; subcaudals 13-14. Tail obtuse, 

 rounded at the end. Blackish, with a few yellowish (red?) spots 

 along each side of the body and a pair at the base of the tail.^ 



Total length 285 millim. ; tail 10. 



Borneo. 



a. 2 (V. 320 ; C. 13). Borneo. (Type.) 



6. $ (V. 300; 0.14). Matang. 



The following species is doubtful : — 



Caiamabia. catbnata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. xxiii. 1854, 

 p. 287. 



Frontal almost as large as the parietals. Scales in 13 rows. 

 Ventrals 187 ; subcaudals 41. Predominant colour dusky above, 

 formed by minute black specks upon a pale ground-tint ; below pale 

 buff and marked with lateral series of square black spots ; four 

 black lines throughout above, the upper bordering a pale medial 

 streak, which is simple upon the tail, but along the body forms a 

 concatenation of elongate oval spots ; an imperfect whitish-buff 

 collar, and similar marks before and behind the eye. 



Assam. 



122. TYPHLOGEOPHIS. 



Typhlogeophis, Ounth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, p. 77. 



Maxillary teeth 8, subequal ; mandibular teeth subequal. Head 

 not distinct from neck ; eye concealed under the ocular shield ; no 

 supraocular ; nostril pierced in a minute nasal ; internasals small ; 

 no loreal or prseocular ; no temporals, the parietals in contact with 

 the labials. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, without apical pits, 

 in 15 rows. Tail short ; subcaudals in two rows. 



Philippine Islands. 



1. TyphlogeopMs brevis. (Plate XX. fig. 3.) 

 TyphlogeopMs brevis, Gfiinth. I. t. 



Snout rather pointed ; rostral very small, nearly as deep aa broad 

 just visible from above ; suture between the internasals about half 

 the length of that between the praefrontals ; frontal small, as long 

 as broad, shorter than its distance from the end of the snout half 

 as long as the parietals ; five upper labials, fourth in contact with the 

 ocular, fifth very large ; two pairs of chin-shields, anterior largest. 



