280 APPENDIX (2). — REPTILES. 



Page 110. Eryx thebaicus. 

 a. Adult. India. From Mr. Clayton's Collection. 



Page 110. Clothonia johnii. 

 a. Large specimen. Malabar. From M. Parzudaki's Collection. 



Page 112. 



**** Nostrils between two nasal shielis. Eyes between the 

 superciliary shields and the upper edge of the labial 

 shields, with anterior and posterior ocular scales. Ca- 

 labarina. 



Calabarina, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 



Calabaria, Gray. 

 Head small, short, rounded in front, the same size as the 



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body. Muzzle depressed, rounded ; labial shields flat, 53^ ; the 

 hinder small, front moderate ; rostral shield high, large, trian- 

 gular ; frontal shields three pairs, band-like, a large parietal shield 

 and two small subequal superciliary shields on each side, a nar- 

 row transverse band-like central shield behind, with small scale- 

 like shields behind and on the side of it. Eyes surrounded by 

 scales on the upper edges of the labial shields and the super- 

 ciliary shields ; one anterior and two smaller posterior ocular 

 shields; a single small loreal shield. Pupil circular. Nostril 

 lateral, between two small nasal shields. Body cylindrical. 

 Scales broad, triangular, polished, rather sunken and subrugose 

 in the centre. Ventral shields very numerous, band-like, trans- 

 verse, about half as wide as the diameter of the body. Vent 

 small, with a single preanal shield. Spurs large, distinct. Tail 

 short, as thick as the body, blunt and rounded at the end. 

 Subcaudal shields broad, band-like, one-rowed like the ventral 

 shields. 



Calabaria, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 



Calabaria fusca. 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 155. t. xiv. 



Dark brown, some of the scales yellowish, scattered singly or 

 in groups on the back and sides ; ventral shields greyish ; sides 

 of the belly with a few unequal yellow spots. 



Hab. Old Calabar. 



Is this Eryx Reinhardtii, Schlegel, Bijd. Genot. Nat. Act. 

 Amst. 1851, t. , from the Gold Coast? 



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