450 AMrHTSB^NID^. 



milliiu. 



Length to vent 240 



Tail 18 



Diameter of body 8*5 



Virgin Islands, West Indies. 



(I. Ad. (A. 2424-15). St. Jean. Copenliagen Museum [P.]. (As 



typical o£ A. antillensis.) 

 J-c. Ad. (A. 244+16, St. Thomas. Hr. Riise [C.]. 

 247+15). 



26. Amphisbaena punctata. (Plate XXIII. fig. 3.) 



Cadea punctata, Oray, Cat. Tort. p. 72, cmd 

 Sh. Rejk. ii. p. 38. 

 Amphisbseua punctata. Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. 1828, p. 236 ; D^im. 8j- 

 Bihr. V. p. 494 ; Coct. in JR. de la Sac/ra, Hist. Cuba, p. 195, pi. xxi.; 

 Strauch, Mel. Biol, Ac. St. Petersh. xi. p. 417. 



Prsemaxillary teeth 5 ; maxillaries 5 — 5 ; mandibulars 8 — 8. 

 Snout pointed, slightly prominent. Rostral moderately large, quad- 

 rangular, forming a broad suture with the anterior border of the 

 prsefrontal ; latter large, single, covering the upper surface of the 

 snout ; longer than broad ; a pair of narrow, elongate frontals 

 followed by a pair of small square occipitals ; eye slightly distinct 

 through the ocular ; an elongate supraocular produced forwards to 

 the nasal with which it forms a suture, the two shields separating 

 the labials from the frontal ; three upper labials, first smallest, 

 second largest ; mental subquadrangular, followed by an elongate 

 chin-shield ; three lower labials, first small, second and third very 

 large. Two hundred and nineteen annuli on the dorsal side, one 

 hundred and seventy-eight on the ventral ; fifteen annuli on the 

 tail ; an annulus on the middle of the body contains thirty seg- 

 ments ; the dorsal segments oval, the ventrals square and distinctly 

 broader than long. Xo lateral line. Anal segments eight ; prte- 

 anal pores four. Flesh-coloured above, with small brown spots. 



millim. 



Length to vent 180 



Tail 13 



Diameter of body 7 



Cuba. 



a. Ad. Cuba. W. S. Mac Leav, Esq. [P.J. 



(Type.) 



27. AmphisbaBna brasiliana. 



Bronia brasiliana, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. ii. p. 37. 

 Brouia brasiliana, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 448, fig. 

 Amphisbaena brasiliana, Strauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St. Petersh. xi. 

 p. 413. 



Prsemaxillary teeth 7; maxillaries 5 — 5; mandibulars 8 — 8. 



