DIBAMUS. 



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Fig. 25. — Uj)pei' and side views of head of Bihamus novcs-guinccB. 



Fig. 26. — Anal region of Dihamus nova-guinece. A. Female. B. Male. 

 I. Rudimentary limbs. 



Genus DIBAMUS. 

 Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 833 (1839). 



Snout normally covered by three large shields, viz. the rostral, 

 and a labial on each side, which, however, may fuse into a single 

 shield ; a frontal, an interparietal, and an ocular. Nostril pierced 

 in the rostral, with a straight horizontal suture behind it. Limbs 

 totally absent in the female, represented in the male by flap-like 

 rudiments. 



A single species. 



107. Dibamus novse-guineae. 



Dum. & Bibr. t. c. p. 834 ; Bouleng, Cat. Liz. iii, p. 4.35 (1887) ; 

 id. Faun. Brit. lud., Kept. p. 2-30 (1890) ; id. Fascic. Malav., 

 Zool. i, p. 160 (1903). 



Snout conical, obtuse, slightly projecting ; interparietal larger 

 than frontal, both broader than long ; eye scarcely distinguishable 



