422 scixciD.E. 



four rows of scales on each side with a dark line in the centre, 

 forming interrupted streaks. 



From snout to vent 70 raillim., fore limb 2, hind limb 7. 



South-west coast of At'rifa. 



10. Sepsina bayonii. 



Dumerilia bayonii, Buccaje, Jor>i. ^c. Lish. i. 18GG, p. 63, and viii. 



1882, p. 299. 

 Scincodipus congicus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. 551, pi. — . 



figs. 1-5. 



Snout cuneiform, projecting beyond the labial margin ; eye 

 very small ; lower eyelid transparent ; ear just distinguishable ; 

 frontal not or scarcely longer than the frontonasal, broader than 

 long ; three small supraoculars, first largest ; five supraciliaries ; 

 interparietal much narrower than the frontal, as broad as the 

 parietal, a little longer than broad, its anterior border convex ; 

 fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 20 (to 22) scales round the 

 body. Tore limbs absent ; hind limbs very short, subulate, ending 

 in a claw. Tail shorter than the body. Pale olive or brownish 

 above and on the sides, with darker lines following the longitudinal 

 series of scales. 



From snout to vent 71 millim., tail 44, hind limb 4. 



Angola and Loango. 



a-h. Ad. Ambriz. Mr. Rich [C.]. 



c. Ad. Carangigo. Dr. Welwitsch [C.]. 



d. Hgr. Angola. Lieut. Cameron [P.]. 



21. MELANOSEPS. 



Palatine bones not meeting on the median line of the palate, which 

 is toothless. Teeth conical. Eye very small ; upper eyelid absent, 

 lower scaly. Ear hidden. Nostril pierced between the rostral and 

 the first labial ; supranasals present ; prajfrontals and frontoparietals 

 absent. Body much elongate ; limbs absent. 



East Africa. 



1. Melanoseps ater. (Plate XXVII. fig. 1.) 



Herpetosaura atra, Gilnth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1873, p. 147; 

 Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 81. 



Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin ; 

 frontonasal and frontal equal in size, broader than long ; inter- 

 parietal the largest head-shield, broader than long ; three supra- 

 oculars, first largest ; four supraciliaries ; first upper labial largest, 

 third entering the orbit. 22 scales round the middle of the body. 

 Tail short. Blackish brown above and below, the scales edged with 

 lighter brown. 



From snout to vent 160 millim., tail 43. 



Zambezi Pdver. 



a. Ad. Zambezi. (Type.) 



