EEPTILE8. 40? 



PEBIPIA CTCLUBA. 



Back uniform granular, without any tubercles. Scales in the 

 middle of the belly in about 45 longitudinal series. Tail rounded, 

 not depressed, very narrowly verticillated, without enlarged sub- 

 caudals. Nine upper and eight lower labial shields. Front 

 lower labial elongate, but the two adjoining labials are still 

 longer ; the chin is covered with very small shields, of which one 



in the centre, immediately behind the front labial, is generally the 

 largest. Brownish-grey above, with more or less irregular brown 

 bands across the back, each band being ornamented with some 

 small white spots. The brown bands are sometimes replaced by a 

 dark marbling. 



Several specimens from New Caledonia ; all agreeing in the 

 peculiar pholidosis of the chin and in the form of the tail. The 

 longest is 4f inches long, of which the tail takes 2 inches. 



I have no doubt that Professor Peters is perfectly right in 

 supposing that Peripia peronii is identical with Perapios muti- 

 latus of Wiegmann (Monatsber. Berl. Acad. 1867,29. 14). 



