72 REPTILES. 



scales. Body and chest with similar square shields. Preanal pores 

 distinct. Tail truncated, hluut. Nasal plates small, lateral upon 

 each side of a single large anterior frontal plate, and a pair of ver- 

 tebral plates behind it; upper labial plates 4-4, the front under the 

 nasal. 



The Dotted Amphisb^na. Cadea punctata. Amphisbaena 

 punctata, Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. 236, t. 20, /. 2. Dum. et Bib. E. 

 G. v. 494. A. caeca, Sagra, Cuba, 195, t. 21. 



Whitish, yellow-dotted ; tail with 12 rings ; preanal poies 4 ; 

 upper labial plates 2-2. 



a. In spirits. Cuba. Presented by W. S. MacLeay, Esq. The 

 specimen described by Mr. Bell. 



5. Anops, Bell. 



Head compressed, slightly elevated. Eyes none. Temples 

 with square scales. Rostral plate large, with an arched crest from 

 the mouth to the forehead. Body and chest with similar equal 

 scales. Preanal pores distinct. Tail truncated, blunt. Nasal 

 plates small, lateral, over the first labial shield, separated by the 

 single keeled anterior frontal plate. 



King's Anops. Anops Kingii, Bell, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1833, 99. 

 Zool. Journ. v. 391, t. 16, /. 1. Amphisbaena Kingii, Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. v. 497. Amph. galeata, Mus. Berl. 



Chesnut brown; tail with 18 or 20 rings; preanal pores 4 — 6 ; 

 upper labial plates 3-3. 



Inhab. Buenos Ayres. Mus. Paris. 



6. B lan us, Wagler. 



Head depressed, flat. Muzzle short, rounded. Eyes distinct. 

 Rostral plates 4-sided. Anterior frontal very broad, covering all 

 the top of the forehead. Body and chest with similar square plates. 

 Tail conical, prolonged into a point. Preanal pores distinct. Na- 

 sal plate large, square, occupying the place of the first labial. Ver- 

 tebral and occipital plates square, similar, in pairs. 



Vandelli's Amphisb^na. Amphisbaena cinerea, Vandelli 

 Mem. Acad. Lisb. i. 69. Gerv. Mag. Zool. 1836, t. 10. Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. v. 500. A. oxyura, Wagler. Spix, Braz. 72, t. 35,/. 

 1. A. rufa, Hemp. Berl. Gesell. 1820, 130. B. rufus, Wiegem. 

 Arch. 1836, 157. 



Brown, head and intervals between the scales whitish ; upper 

 labial shields 2 ; tail with 19 or 20 rings ; preanal pores 4-6. 



a—f. In spirits. Xanthus. Presented by Chas. Fellowes, Esq. 



