286 C.TiCILIID.E. 



an opening, or spiraculiim, on each side of the neck. In these 

 larvae the head is newt-like, provided with large labial lobes, with 



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Fig. 79. — Ich'.hyophh glutinosiis, female with eggs (after Sarasin). 



well-developed eyes ; the tail is more distinct than in the adult, 

 strongly compressed, and bordered by a dermal fold above and 

 beneath. 



304. Ichthyophis monoclirous. 



Ichthyo2)his f/Iutinosus, var., Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beugal, xvi, 



p. 1058 (1«47). 

 -^«c'rm?« monochroinn, Bleek. Tiidsclir. Xederl. lud. xvi, p. 188 



(1858) ; Gunth. Rept. Brit. lud. p. 443 (1864). 

 Ichthyophis mo7ioc]irous, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Caud. p. 91, pi. iv, 



tig* 1 (1882) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Bept. p. 517 (1890) ; S. Flower, 



P.Z. S. 1899, p. 916, 



Like the preceding, but head shorter, the distance between the 

 eyes being more than the length of the snout, and inner series of 

 mandibular teeth composed of a few teeth only. Uniform purplish 

 black. 



Total length 350 milHm. 



Distribution the same as in the preceding species, but not 

 recorded from Ceylon. A few specimens have been obtained in 

 Singapore (in a garden) and in the Larut Hills, Perak (3380 to 

 4000 feet). 



