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SQUALID-E. 



numerous than those on the body ; the lower part of the 

 sides and the under surface yellowish white. The skin, to 

 the finger passed from the head towards the tail, is smooth ; 

 in the opposite direction it is rough. The appearance of the 

 skin under a lens is that of being covered with minute spi- 

 culse, all the points of which are directed backwards. 



