

CATALOGUE OF Sill 1.1. D KE1TII.ES. 



1. CHIKOTES. 

 Hijxs. Latr. 

 ChaJ '"'■ 



Itin I'!. 



Ch&mas .mriis. Schneider, Schinz, 

 Cbirotos, Cm i 



. Ann. I'hil. L825, \. p. 204. 

 (Skeleton) MiiUer in Tiedem. Zeitsdh. Phys. n. L'7:i, i. 21. 

 i. B, 8, l". 



1. Chirotos luinbricoides. B.M. 



arts lumbriooides, Shaw, Nat. Mise. \i. 

 Laoerta i Dotmd, Zool. Beit, iii. ]>. L85. 



I : . eta sulcata, Sueleow, Thier. iii. p. L47. 

 Chirotee Lumbricoides, Flem. Ph. Zool. ii. i». 278. 



-. 1844, p. 71. 

 Chirotee oanalioalatas, Out). R. -I. 

 .V p. 181. 



. P. Z.S. 1865, p. 446. 

 Chirotee mexioain, B 



I onele*, Laetp. V- 0. i. p. 818. 

 Bipea oanalioulatus, Bonnat. Erp. p. 68, t. 12. f. 6. 

 Chama saui oa propoa, ScAtnz. 

 Chaloidea propus, /''»■'. B«pt. iv. p. 372, t. 58. f. 4. 

 Bunanus propua, Oppd, p. 16. 



//(('.. Tropical America, Mexico. 



Fam. III. AMPHISB.ENID.E. 



Head oblong, rounded below ; nostrils lateral, in nasal 



Is : teeth conical, on the inner edge of the maxilla'. 



Body cylindrical, covered with rings of uniform, elongate, 



tour-sided shields, without any sternal disk ; preanal pores 



distinct ; lateral line linear, sunken, with a few small 



Legs none. Tail cylindrical, rounded at the end. 



Amphisbamidoe. Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, x. p. 203 ; Cat. 

 Tort. A,-- 1-44. p.*69 ; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 44(1. 

 Qervais, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1854, xx. 



Tribe I. AMPHISBiEXIXA. 



The head depressed, rounded on the sides in front. Nos- 

 trils on the upper part of the sides of the head. 



A. Lateral and dorsal liius distinct, sunken, covered ivith 



' triangular scales. Nasal shields large, square, 



lateral, forming apart of the edge of the upper lip, 



parated in front by a broad, square, convex 



rostral shield. 



1. BLANUS. 



The rostral square, convex. The nasal shields large, 

 forming part of the edge of the upper lip. The crown with 



a large pentagonal frontal shield and two pairs of square 

 shields behind it. Eye-shield triangular, between the upper 

 edge of the front labial shield and the frontal. Temples 

 covered with a series of squarish shields; labial shields 

 large, the hinder smallest; the lower shields without any 

 ohm-shield between them and tho gular one. Tail rathor 

 tapering, blunt; preanal pores distinct. 



skull, Gervais, Ann. Sci. Nat. 1854, xx. t. 14. f. 5,0,7. 



Iflantis, Win//. Am/iJi. 



Gray, Cat. Tort. $c. p. 72, 1844; P. Z. S. 1865, 

 p.' 440 ; P. Z. S. 1S05, p. 447. 



1. Blanus cinereus. 



Blanus cinereus, Crag, I. c. p. 72 ; P. Z. S. 1805, p. 440. 

 Amphisboena cinerea, Vandeli, Mem. Acad. Lisbon, i. 

 1780. 



Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1830, t. 10. 

 Bum. Sf Bibr. E. G. v. p. 505. 

 Amphisboena oxyura, Wagler in Spix, Brasil. p. 72, t. 35. 



f. 1. 

 Amphisbsena rufa, Ifempr. Berl. Gesellsch. 1829, p. 130. 

 Blanus rufus, Wiegm. Arch. 1836, p. 157. 



Hub. North Africa, Tangiers (Fraser, B. M.) ; South- 

 west Europe, Spain (Vandeli, 1780); Oporto (Allen) ; 

 Constantinople ; Asia Minor. 



M. Gervais (Mag. Zool. 1837, class 3. t. 10) gives a 

 figure of A. cinerea ; but the details of the head do not 

 perfectly agree with our specimens ; perhaps this may be 

 from waut of care in the artist. The number of -pairs of 

 plates on the occiput varies from two to four. 



B. Lateral lines linear, distinct, sunlcen. Dorsal none, or 

 very indistinct. Nasal shields not forming part of the 

 upper lip. 



a. Nascd plates large, extending across the muzzle, united by 

 a long straight suture, or united into one cross band ; 

 the rostral triangular, under front edge of nasals. 

 Crown with two pairs of broad shields. 



2. AMPHISBiENA. 



Head depressed, broad, and rounded in front. Frontal 

 plates with one or two pairs of rather smaller similar plates 

 behind them. Preanal pores eight. 



Amphisboena, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, x. p. 203; Cat. 

 Tort. Sfc. 1844, p. 70 ; P. Z. S. 1805, p. 447. 



