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CcelopeUis)\ the maxillary may be much abbreviated 

 and movable vertically, as in the Viperidae ; the 

 pterygoids may taper and converge posteriorly, 

 without any connexion with the quadrate, as in the 

 Amblycephalidae ; the supratemporal may be much 



Fig. 4 — Skull of Typhlops lumhricalis. (From British Museum 

 Catalogue of Snakes) 



Lettering of the bones as in Fig. 3 



reduced, and wedged in between the adjacent bones 

 of the cranium ; the quadrate may be short or ex- 

 tremely large ; the prefrontals may join in a median 

 suture in front of the frontals ; the dentary may be 

 freely movable, and detached from the articular 

 posteriorly. 



