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hinder supraorbital notch narrow, elongate, contracted behind by 
the inflection of the sharp tips of the lobes ; upper edge of orbits 
narrow; the hinder nasal opening narrow, very deep; sides 
flat, contracted at the top; lower front edge of the zygoma 
rather dilated, solid. Hind legs short. 
‘Skull more than twice as long as wide; muzzle and nasal 
bones very long, the former wider than high, anterior to the 
molars. Postorbital processes divergent, not in contact behind 
with the skull.” (Baird.) 
1. Cuniculus fodiens, Klein. (Lepus cuniculus, Linn., Waterh. 
Glir. 64. L. magellanicus, Lesson; Blasius, Faun. Deut. (fig. of 
skull). L. vermicula, Thompson.) Europe, North Africa. B.M. 
Var. Lepus nigripes, Bartlett, P. Z. 8. 1857, p. 159, t. 56. 
Section II. Skull conical, subcylindrical ; nose thick, subcylindrical ; 
cheeks very convex; the front edge of the orbits and the upper 
hinder processes of the intermazillaries scarcely raised. Orbits 
moderate, oblong. Cutting-teeth large, strong ; the hinder upper 
orbital notch open, short ; the zygomatic arches broad, flat, and 
produced behind, over the temple. 
7. Carporaeus, Blyth, J. A.S. Beng. 1845, p. 247. Ears 
shorter than the head; fur harsh. Skull solid; face broad, 
rounded on the sides; upper edge of the intermaxillaries thin, 
even with the nasals. Cutting-teeth very broad ; grinders broad ; 
palate long and broad. Anteorbital foramina nearly closed by 
oblique, transverse, bony spicules. Zygomata very long. Supra- 
orbital processes continued forward uninterrupted; anterior 
notch quite filled up with bone, hinder less deep. 
Carpolagus hispidus, Blyth. (Lepus hispidus, Pearson, Waterh. 
Gl. 78.) Burrows? Assam. 
XXVIII.—Descriptions of two new Saurians from Mossamedes 
(West Africa). By J. V. Barsoza pu Bovace. 
Scapateira (?) reticulata. 
Characters—Head narrow, with the muzzle elongated and 
pointed. No occipital shield. Nostrils situated in the midst 
of three slightly inflated shields—one naso-rostral and two naso- 
frenals. No teeth on the palate; tongue emarginate at apex, 
covered with imbricated squamiform papille. Inferior eyelid 
granular. Palpebral disk bordered with granules without and 
behind, and preceded by a large shield placed between two very 
small ones. Subocular shield situated between the seventh and 
