7. HERPELE. 9. SIPHONOPS. 101 



1. Herpele squalostoma. (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Ccecilia squalostoma, Gray, Cat. p. 59. 

 Ccecilia squalostoma, Stutchbury, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 362, 



A. Bum. Arch. Mus. x. p. 222, and Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. p. 314. 

 Herpele squalostoma, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 939, pi. — . 



f. 8. 



Teeth small, numerous, subequal ; inner mandibulary teeth few. 

 Snout rounded, very prominent. Body elongate, cylindrical ; 130 

 or 135 (140 to 150 according to Stutchbury and Dumeril) annuli, 

 all complete. Tail indistinct, rounded. Olive-brown, sometimes 

 with yellow spots. Total length 450 millim. ; greatest diameter of 

 body 11 millim. 



W. Africa. 



a. Adult. Gaboon. 



b. Adult. ? Dr. Wright [P."|. 



8. GEGEN0PHIS. 



Gegenes (non Hiibnef), G'unth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 577. 

 Gegeneophis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 932. 



Squamosals in contact with parietals. Two series of teeth in 

 the lower jaw. Eyes overroofed by bone. Tentacle globular, 

 surrounded by a circular groove, situated behind and below the 

 nostril. No scales. 



India. 



1. Gegenophis carnosus. (Plate VIII. fig. 3.) 



Epicrium carnosum, Beddome, Madras Month. Journ. Med. Sc. 1870, 



p. 176. 

 Gegenes carnosus, G'unth. I. c. 



Teeth small, subequal. Snout narrowed, projecting; tentacle 

 near the lip. Body elongate ; 115 to 120 circular folds, all rather 

 indistinct, interrupted on the back, the hindermost complete. Tail 

 indistinct, rounded. Light brown ; head yellowish. Total length 

 177 millim. ; greatest diameter of body 3| millim. 



Wynaad. 



a-b. Hgr. ? Periah Peak. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 



9. SIPHONOPS. 



Siphonops, Wagler, Isis, 1828, p. 740, and Syst. Amph. p. 198 ; 



Tschudi, Batr. p. 90 ; Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 940. 

 Siphonops, sp., Bum. $• Bibr. viii. p. 282 ; Gray, Cat. p. 59 ; A. Bum. 



Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. p. 317. 



Squamosals in contact with parietals. A single series of teeth in 

 the lower jaw. Tentacle flap-shaped, tentacular groove horseshoe- 

 Bhaped, situated in front of the eye. No scales. 



Tropical America. 



