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CATAl.OtilK OF Sllllll.D KKITII.KS. 



3. Sana I (taeatrata. 



•. I'hil. Soc. 



Diphalus fenoetratus, Cope, Proe. .1 ■. PhiL Soc. L860, 



p. 164. 

 Amphinhmim nntjllenaig. Zool. Ree. 1865, p. I 19. 

 rrrfl A /.''.». Zoo!. 7.'..-. L869, p. 1 1 1. 



Bab. Tropioal America. 



6. CADEA. 



1! id conical; rostral narrow, higher Iftan broad, trun- 

 cated at the tip, oonvez in front; nasals ovate, lateral; 



mi with two large, triangular Bhields; frontal with a 

 -m ill linear Bhield on each ride of it: and two pairs of 

 square occipital shields, the hinder pair smaller; eye- 

 shield rhombic ; eyes hidden ; labial shields ;j3j, subequal, 

 middle one in each lip largest ; temples covered with square 

 shields ; gnlar plate single, elongate. Body cylindrical ; 

 lateral line very indistinct, scarcely to he distinguished, 

 ;it on the hinder part <>( the body ; shields of the back 

 square, of the under surface rather wider, but scarcely 

 wider than long : preanal pores four ; the preanal shields 

 six, central ones elongate. 



Cadea, Or . < . Tart. §c. B. M. p. 71. Is44; Proc. Zool. 

 S . L865, p. 450. 



1. Cadea punctata. 



Cadea punctata, Gray, < 'at. Tort. eye. p. 71 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 



L865, p. 450. 

 Amphisbsena punctata, BJ1, Zool. Joum. ii. p. 236, t. 20. 

 f -2. 



. A Bibr. Erp. Gin. v. p. 404. 

 J. ViUers, Rep. Ms. Nat. <!, Cuba, ii. 1SG7, pp. 69, 72. 

 Amphiskcna caeca, La Sagra, Cuba, p. 195, t. 21. 



Tale brown, dotted and varied with deeper brown. 



Hab. Cuba (TT. <S'. MacLeay, B.M.) : the specimen de- 

 scribed bv Mr. Bell. 



Tribe II. AXOPINA. 



Head compressed, keeled on the sides in front ; the nos- 

 trils lateral, on the underside of the keels. 



A. Lateral line distinct and impressed. 



7. ANOPS. 



Lateral line distinct, sunken; preanal pores "none" 

 (Bell), " four " (Dum. $ Bib,:). 



Anops, />'.//. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1833, p. 99; Zool. Joum. v. 

 p. 391, t. L6. f. 1. 



Gray, Oat. Tort. $c. B. M. p. 72. 1844; Proc, Zool. 

 Soc. L865, p. 450. 



1. Anops Kingii. 



B.M. 



Anops Kingii, /;,//. FVoc. Zool. Soc. 1833. p. 99; Zool. 

 Joum, v. p. 391, t. Iti. f. 1. 



Gray, Cat. Tortoises A'«'. B. M. p. 72; Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 L865, i'. 150. 



Anipliisba na Kingii, Dum. et Bibr. Erp. Gen. v. p. 497. 

 Hensel, IVieym. Archir, ISliS, p. 343. 



llali. 8. America (P. 1\ King, G. Darivin) ; Buenos Ayres 

 (JfOrbigny, Mus. Paris). 



I have not been able to examine this genus, which was 

 described by Mr. Bell from a specimen brought from South 

 America by Capt. P. P. King, K.N. ; it is described in 

 more detail by Messrs. Dumc'ril and Bibron from specimens 

 obtained by Mr. Charles Darwin. 



The existence of the lateral line, which, according to 

 Mr. Bell, " is more distinct than in Amphisbama, though 

 less so than in Chirotes," and the account of the plates of 

 the head as described by MM. Dumeril et Bibron, show 

 that it must be distinct from the foUowing, which comes 

 from Africa. 



B. Lateral line none, or only very slightly visible on the 

 lander part of the body. 



8. BAIKIA. 



The head compressed, elevated ; rostral plate very large, 

 compressed, forming an arched crest from the mouth to 

 the forehead, with a groove on the hinder part over the 

 nostrils ; crown with two pairs of band-like shields behind 

 the upper edge of the rostral, the front, pair narrow ; eye- 

 shield very minute ; eye invisible ; temples with two small 

 shields ; the upper labial shields 3 — 3 ; the second upper 

 large, produced, keeled on the side ; the hinder, under the 

 temporal shield, larger, square ; lower lip covered with a 

 single large shield on each side, separated by a square in- 

 ferior rostral shield, and by two small gular plates placed 

 one behind the other ; nostrils large, lateral, under the edge 

 of the keel of the frontals. Body and chest covered with 

 rings of similar oblong square shields ; preanal pores 2 — 2, 

 separated by a central shield. Tail cylindrical, rather 

 conical at the tip. 



Baikia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1S65, p. 450. 



In spirits the skin is loose and inclined to form a fin- 



