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CJECIUA. CECILIA. 



Generic Character. 



Corpus teres, sequales. || Body cylindric, equal, 



Ruga laterales trunci cau- Wrinkles on the sides both 

 daeque. of body and tail. 



EEL-SHAPED CECILIA. 



Caecilia Tentaculata. C. anguilliformis, rugis distantibus> rostro 



tentaculato. 

 Eel-shaped Cecilia, with distant wrinkles and tentaculated 



snout. 



Caecilia tentaculata. Amoen. Acad. l.p. 498. t. 13. f. I. 

 L'Ibiare. Cepede Ovip. p. 4(56. pi. 21. 



JL HE length of this species is about a foot, and 

 its general appearance that of a small Eel : its co- 

 lour is a livid brown, the abdomen paler or whit- 

 ish : the head is not larger than the beginning of 

 the trunk, and it is of a somewhat .taper form, the 

 upper lip projecting beyond the lower : the eyes 

 are extremely small : the nostrils seated at the tip 

 of the snout, and immediately beneath each is an 

 extremely small cirrhus or beard : the mouth is 

 furnished in each jaw with a row of very small 

 sharp teeth : across the sides of the body, from 



