434 AMPHISB^NID^. 



nulus on the middle of the body contains thirty to thirty-four seg- 

 ments, viz. fourteen or sixteen ventral and sixteen or eighteen 

 dorsal. Lateral line well marked ; a more or less distinct vertebral 

 line. Four or six anal segments, median pair largest. Prseaual 

 pores six (exceptionally four). Brownish flesh-colour, the segments 

 more or less dark brown. 



millim. 



Length to vent 215 



Tail 27 



Diameter of body 7*5 



Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algiers. 



a. Ad. (Annuli 118-1-21; pores 6). Portugal. Prof. B. du Bocage 



[P.]. 



b. Ad. (A. 120-1-22 ; p. 6). Oporto. E. Allen, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. (A. 12.3+20 ; p. 6 ). S. Europe. P. B. Webb, Esq. [P.]. 

 d~e. Ad. (A. 12-5-1-21 , 12o-t-22 ; p. 6). Tangiers. Mr. Eraser [C.]. 



/. Hgr. (A. 110+22; p. 6). N. Africa. 



2. Blanus strauchii. 

 Amphisbsena strauchi, Bedriaga, Arch. f. Nat. 1884, p. 35, pi. iv. 



Praemaxillary teeth 7 ; max. 3 — 3 or 4 — 4 ; mand, 8 — 8. Snout 

 projecting beyond the lower jaw. Frontal a little longer than 

 broad. Xo occipital fold. One hundred and eight to one hundred 

 and nineteen annuli on the body and twenty to twenty-two on the 

 tail ; an annulus contains sixteen or eighteen dorsal and eighteen 

 or twenty ventral segments. Prseanal pores eight (less frequently 

 four or six). In other respects like the preceding. 



millim. 



Length to vent 170 



Tail 21 



Diameter of body 7 



Asia Minor, Syria. 



a. Ad. (A. 103+20 ; p. 8). Smyi-na. Dr. J. von Bedriaga [E.]. 



(One of the types.) 



b. Ad. (A. 112+19; p. 8). Sm^Tna. 



c-d. Ad. (A. 119+20, Valley of the R. McAndrew, Esq. [P.]. 



119+22; p. 8). Meinder. 



e. Ad, (A. 115+7; p. 8). Constantinople. 



3. Blanus bedriagae. (Plate XXIII. fig. 1.) 

 Blanus bedriagae, Bouleng. Ami. ^ Mag. N. H. (5) xiii. 1884, p. 396. 



Praemaxillary teeth 7 ; max. 3 — 3 ; mand. 7 — 7. Snout pro- 

 jecting beyond the lower jaw. Frontal as broad as long ; the 

 suture between the frontal and the second labial nearly as long as 

 that between the latter and the ocular. Three lower labials, the 

 first and second large, the third small. No occipital fold. One 



