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hinder supraorbital notch narrow, elongate, contracted behind by 

 the inflection of the sharp tips of the lobes ; upper edge of orbits 

 narrow; the hinder nasal opening narrow, very deep; sides 

 flat, contracted at the top ; lower front edge of the zygoma 

 rather dilated, solid. Hind legs short. 



" Skull more than twice as long as wide ; muzzle and nasal 

 bones very long, the former wider than high, anterior to the 

 molars. Postorbital jjrocesses divergent, not in contact behind 

 with the skull." {Baird.) 



1. Cuniculus fodiens, Klein. (Z/ejows cMmcw/MS, Linn., Waterh. 

 Glir. 64. L. magellanicus, Lesson ; Blasius, Faun. Dent. (fig. of 

 skull). L. rermfcM/«, Thompson.) Europe, North Africa. B.M. 



Var. Lepus nigripes, Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 159, t. 56. 



Section II. Skull conical, suhcylindrical ; nose thick, subcylindrical ; 

 cheeks very convex ; the front edge of the orbits and the upper 

 hinder processes of the inter ma xillaries scarcely raised. Orbits 

 moderate, oblong. Cutting-teeth large, strong ; the hinder vpper 

 orbital notch open, short ; the zygomatic arches broad, fat, and 

 produced behind, over the temple. 



7. Carpolagus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. 1845, p. 247. Ears 

 shorter than the head ; fur harsh. Skull solid ; face broad, 

 rounded on the sides ; upper edge of the intermaxillaries thin, 

 even with the nasals. Cutting-teeth very broad ; grinders broad; 

 palate long and broad. Anteorbital foramina nearly closed by 

 oblique, transverse, bony spicules. Zygomata very long. Supra- 

 orbital processes continued forward uninterrupted ; anterior 

 notch quite filled up with bone, hinder less deep. 



Carpolagus hispidus, Blyth. [Lepus hispidus, Pearson, Waterh. 

 Gl. 78.) Burrows? Assam. B.M. 



XXVIIL — Descriptions of two new Saurians from Mossamedes 

 {West Africa). By J. V. Barboza du Bocage. 



Scapateira (?) reticulata. 



Characters. — Head narrow, with the muzzle elongated and 

 pointed. No occipital shield. Nostrils situated in the midst 

 of three slightly inflated shields — one naso-rostral and two naso- 

 frenals. No teeth on the palate; tongue emarginatc at apex, 

 covered with imbricated squamiform papillae. Inferior eyelid 

 granular. Palpebral disk bordered with granules without and 

 behind, and preceded by a large shield placed between two very 

 small ones. Subocular shield situated between the seventh and 



