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6. Meditoria. 



Head rather narrowed in front. Rostral oblong, slio^htly con- 

 vex above and below, rather produced in the centre in front, and 

 slightly angularly bent over the muzzle, tapering near the upper 

 labial. Nostrils with a short slit towards the upper edge and one 

 to the lower edge of the nasal. Nasal, fronto-nasal and eye-shield 

 distinct, oblong, subangular. Eyes distinct. Crown with 3 series 

 of 6-sided shields. Tail about as long as broad, incurved, acute. 

 Preanal scales numerous. 



The Sharp-nosed Snake. Meditoria nasuta. Typhlops 

 nasutus, Cuv. Fitz. Cat. 53 ? 



Brown above, yellowish beneath, the two colours divided by an 

 even line ; scales brown in the centre and pale on the edge ; the 

 spots on the back forming 11 series ; head-shields with a narrow- 

 brown submargiual line ; upper part of tail brown. 



a. In spirits. Berbice. Presented by Lady Essex. 



II. Tail elongate, cylindrical. Vent tvith a single transverse subtri- 

 gonal shield in front. The frontonasal loiv down, inferior, ivide 

 and square below, forming with the nasal and ocular the edge of 

 the upper lip. Glauconiina. 



7. Glauconia. 



Head broad, rounded in front. Rostral broad, oblong, round- 

 ed above. Nostril with a short slit to the upper and a longer to 

 the lower edge of the nasal. Nasal, frontonasal ? and eye-shields 

 forming the edge of the upper lip below, the eye-shield large, 

 erect, the frontonasal ? very small, square, only reaching to the 

 level of the hinder nasal slit. Crown with 3 series of 6-sided sub- 

 equal shields. Eyes distinct. Preanal shield subtriangular, pro- 

 duced behind. Tail elongate, rather tapering, rounded at the end, 

 with 3 rows of scales beneath. 



The Cape Glauconia. Glauconia nigricans. Typhlops ni- 

 gricans, Schlegel, Abbild. 38, t. 32, f 21, 24. 



Blackish ; rostral full one third the width of the head ; the 

 first crown-shield rather the smallest, the second and third equal, 

 rather larger, truncated behind ; the first lateral shield over the 

 eye small, square, the second longer, oblong, transverse. 



a. In spirits. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Dr. John Lee. 



8. Epictia. Stenostoma, Bibron, Spix P (not Fitz. nor Latr.) 



Head regularly rounded in front. Rostral oblong, erect, regu- 

 larly arched, truncated at the tip. Nostril with a short straight 

 slit towards the front, and a rather larger one towards the hinder 



