20. SEPSINA. 421 



7. Sepsina copii. 

 Sepsina copei, Bocage, Jo)~n. Sc. Lish. iv. 1873, p. 212. 



Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin ; eyo 

 small ; lower eyelid transparent ; car-opening very small, frontal 

 once and a half as long as the frontonasal, longer than broad, 

 emarginate posteriorly ; four supraoculars, first largest ; five supra- 

 ciliaries ; interparietal as long as l)road, much shorter and narrower 

 than the frontal : fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 24 scales 

 round the body. Limbs very short, tridactyle ; fore limb hardly 

 half as long as the head ; hind limb twice and a half the length of 

 the fore limb, third toe slightly longer than second. Tail shorter 

 than the body. Pale brown above, whitish inferiorly. 



millim. inillim. 



Total length 130 Fore limb 5 



Head 10 Hind limb 12 



Width of head .... 6 Tail 50 



Body 70 



Benguela. 

 a. Ad. Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [P.J. 



8. Sepsina angolensis. 



Sepsina angolensis, Bocaye, Joim. Sc. Lisb. i. 18G6, p. 6-3, pi. i. fig. 1. 



Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin ; eye 

 small; lower eyelid transparent; ear-opening small, elliptical; 

 frontal longer than broad, emarginate posteriorly ; four supraoculars, 

 fii'st largest ; five supraciliaries ; interparietal small, subtriangular ; 

 fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 24 scales round the body. 

 Limbs very short, tridactyle ; fore limb hardly half as long as the 

 head ; hind limb nearly twice as long as fore limb, the second toe 

 longest. Tail shorter than the body. Olive-brown above, each 

 scale edged with lighter j yellowish-brown inferiorly. 



millim. miUim. 



Total length 140 Fore limb 5 



Head 10 Hind limb 9 



Body 77 Tail 53 



Angola. 



9. Sepsina grammica. 



Sepsina grammica, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 318. 



Frontal concave behind, as wide as long : interparietal nearly 

 as wide, large ; supraoculars and supraciliaries four ; fourth labial 

 below the eye ; rostral flattened, not acute ; ear-opening minute. 

 22 scales round the body. Limbs very small, tridactyle, the anterior 

 hardly one third the length of the posterior. Fawn-brown above ; 



