GLATJCONIA. 



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extending to mandible ; no supratemporal ; prsefrontals forming a 

 suture with nasals; maxillary bordering the mouth, forming a 

 suture with the praem axillary, prsefrontal, and frontal, toothless ; 

 no teeth on palate. Lower jaw toothed; coronoid bone present. 



B 



Fig. 72. Head of Glauconia blan/ordii. 

 A. Upper view. B. Side view. 



/. Frontal. o. Ocular. pto. Postocular. 



ip. Interparietal. p. Parietal. /-. Eostral. 



I. Labial. prf. Prsefrontal. so. Supraocular. 

 n. Nasal. 



Pelvis present, consisting of ilium, pubis, and ischium ; the latter 

 forniing a ventral symphysis; a rudimentary femur. Body covered 

 with uniform cycloid scales ; eye under the shields. 



Small worm-like Snakes, resembling the Typhlopidce in general 

 appearance and habits. A single genus, with about 15 species, of 

 which one occurs in Sind. 



Genus GLAUCONIA*, 

 Gray, Cat. Liz. p, 139, 1845. 



Head with large shields. Praeanal scales enlarged. Tail very 

 short. 



Distribution. Africa, South-western Asia, America. 



284. Glauconia blanfordii. 



Snout rounded ; supraocular present, small ; rostral nearly twice 

 as broad as the nasals, reaching nearly to the level of the eyes ; nasal 

 completely divided into two ; ocular bordering the lip, between two 

 labials. Diameter of body 60 to 70 times in the total length, 

 length of tail 12 to 14 times. 14 scales round the body. Pale 

 brownish. 



Total length 9| inches. 



Hab. Sind. Five specimens are in the British Museum ; they 

 had been referred by Peters (cf. Giinther, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 501) to 

 Stenostoma macrorhynchus, Jan, which is, however, a very different 

 species. 



* Stenostoma, auct. Both the names Stenostoma, Wagler, and Catodon, J)um . 

 & Bibr., are preoccupied in Zoology. 



