38, TETRALEPIS, 319 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 
shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and 
two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end 
of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal longer than deep ; 
one (rarely two) pre- and two postoculars; temporals 1+2; 
eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as 
long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows. 
Ventrals 158-179 ; anal entire ; subcandals 55-81. Uniform dark 
olive-brown above; upper lip and lower parts yellowish white. 
Total length 700 millim.; tail 135. 
South Africa. 
a-c. g (V. 167; C.74) & Cape of Good Hope. 
Q (V. 164, 159; C. 58, 
d. Vice (V. 179; C.72). . Cape Colony. J. Ba Weale, Esq. 
e. Hgr. (V.175; C.70). | King William’s Town. H. Ee: Esq. 
Ff. & (V. 173; C. 60). Port Natal. Ret H. Calloway 
a. 2 (V. 175; C. 69). Port Natal. Mr. T. Ayres [C.]. 
h-i. 2 ie 175; C.70) & Pretoria, Transvaal. W. L. Distant, Esq. 
k. og mY: ic 5 Ne Matabele-land. o align, Esq. 
1. Skull. Cape of Good Hope. i 
38. TETRALEPIS. 
Tetralepis, Boettger, Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1892, p. 124. 
Maxillary teeth 14, third to eighth longest, the six last gradually 
decreasing in size; mandibular teeth increasing in size to the fifth, 
posterior very small. Head small, not distinct from neck; eye 
rather small, with round pupil; nasal single. Body cylindrical ; 
Fig. 18. 
Maxillary and mandible of Tetralepis fruhstorferi. 
seales smooth, without pits, in 15 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail 
rather short; subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses developed 
throughout the vertebral column. 
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