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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Diaphorotyphlops disparilis, Jan, p. 8, Hub. — ? ; Diaphorotyphlops miruSj 
Jan, p. 9, from Ceylon j Typhlops ccecatuSf Jan, p. 9, from the Gold Coast ; 
Typhlops exiyuuSf Jan, p. 9, from the East Indies j Typhlops tmuis, Jan, p. 10, 
Hub. — ? (this name is to bo altered, as it is preoccupied by an American 
species described by Salvin). Typhlops r'uppellif Jan, p. 14, from Sydney; 
Typhlops temminchii, Jan, p. 14, Hab. — Typhlops syriaonS) Jan, p. 16, fr'om 
Beyrut; Typhlops preissij Jan, p. 16, from South-western Australia ; Typhlops 
accedensj Jan, p. 16, from the East Indies; Typhlops schneideriy Jan, from 
Bangkok; this species needs comparison with T. horsjieldiiy Gray; the de- 
scription is insufficient, and the figure is promised in part ix. ; Typhlops di- 
chroipatuSy Jan, p. 21, from the Island of Rhodes. 
Gunther, 1. c., describes the following new species of this 
genus : — 
Typhlops bothriorhynchusy p. 174, pi. 16. fig. G, from Pinang; Typhlops 
siamensisy p. 176, pi. 16. fig. D, fi*om Siam. Typhlops pammeceSy pi. 16. fig. C ; 
this species had been named T tenuis in the text (p. 176) ; but this name was 
subsequently changed, because it is preoccupied. 
Typhlops Jlaviventei'y Peters, Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. Berl, 1864, p. 271, 
from Temate. 
Onychocephalus {Ophthalmidion') tenuicollisy Peters, Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. 
Berl. 1864, p. 272, fig. 2, is said to be from the Himalayas. 
Ophthahnidion bianconiiy Jan, p. 23, Hub. — ? ; Ophthalmidion lineolatuSy 
Jan, p. 24, from Sierra Leone ; Ophthalmidion hraussiy Jan, p. 26, from the 
Gold Coast; Onychocephalm smithi, Jan, p. 27, from the Cape of Good Hope ; 
Onychocephalus hallowelliy Jan, p. 29, from the Gold Coast ; Onychocephalus 
exdpienSy Jan, p. 30, needs comparison with O. acutus (I). & B.) ; the figure 
will be given in part ix. 
Stenostoma signatumy Jan, p. 36, iTab. — ? ; Stenostoma dimidiatum, Jan, 
p. 36, from Brazil; Stenostoma jitzingeriy Jan, p. 37, from the Island of Rhodes ; 
Stenostoma (^Catodon) maei'orhynchumy Jan, p. 39, from the Sennaai*; Steno-- 
stoma bicolor y Jan, p. 40, from Boutry ; Stenostoma sundewaUiy Jan, p. 40, from 
West Africa. 
Earn. Uropeltid^:. This family has received many additions 
through the zeal of Capt. Beddome, and appears to be repre- 
sented by a great variety of forms ; it is evident that many more 
discoveries are to be made, as these small Ophidians easily escape 
observation, living nearly always below ground. The question 
whether or not some species are found in the Philippine Islands 
may now be considered as settled ; they are entirely confined to 
Ceylon and the peninsula of India. 
Gunther, Rept. Brit. Ind., figures on pi. 17 the following 
known species : — 
Mhinophis sanguineus (Beddome), fig. A ; Ithinophis pulneyensis (Beddome), 
fig. C ; Silybura maerolepis (Peters), fig. B ; Silybura beddomii (Gthr.), fig. F ; 
Silybura oceUata (Beddome), figs. E, E' ; Silybura shorttii (Beddome), fig. G ; 
Silybura brevis (Gthr.), fig. I). 
Giinther (p. 185) considers the Rhinophis planicepSy Peters, as not specifi- 
cally distinct from Rh. philippinuSy Cuv. 
