1865.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE AMPHISBANIANS. 449 
Figv2. 
Bronia braziliana. 
C. Lateral and dorsal lines not defined, or the lateral line only 
visible on the hinder part of the body ; rostral shield small ; 
nasal shields far apart, small, placed on the side of the high 
rostral. 
Sarea, Gray, Cat. Tort., &c., B. M. 71, 1844. 
Head conical; rostral narrow, higher than broad, rounded in 
front, placed behind the triangular nasal; crown with two pairs of 
shields, the front largest, elongate, the hinder trigonal; eye-shield 
triangular ; the labial shields 3 the second upper and lower labial 
shields very large, the others smaller; with one large gular plate. 
Body slender; the dorsal scutella square, as long as broad, with a 
dark central dot ; two central longitudinal series of ventral scutella 
broader than long, smooth, white ; the lateral line very indistinct, 
scarcely visible except on the hinder part of the body ; preanal pores 
four ; preanal shields six, square. The eyes are slightly visible 
through the shields. 
SareA czca, Gray, Cat. Tort. &c., B. M. 71. 
Amphisbena ceca, Cuvier, R. A. 773; Dum. et Bibr. Erp. Gén. v. 
— 492. 
Hab. West Indies, St. Thomas’s (4. H. Riise, B. M.). 
The specific name is not characteristic, as the eyes are as much 
seen through the shield as in many Amphisbeenians. 
Capea, Gray, Cat. Tort., &c., B. M. 71, 1844. 
. Head conical ; rostral narrow, higher than broad, truncated at the 
tip, convex in front ; nasals ovate, lateral ; crown with two large, tri- 
angular shields ; frontal with a small linear shield on each side of it ; 
and two pairs of square occipital shields, the hinder pair smaller ; eye- 
shield rhombic; eyes hidden; labial shields ==, subequal, middle 
one in each lip largest ; temples covered with square shields ; gular 
plate single, elongate. Body cylindrical ; lateral line very indistinct, 
scarcely to be distinguished except on the hinder part of the body ; 
shields of the back square, of the under surface rather wider, but 
scarcely wider than long; preanal pores four; the preanal shields 
six, central ones elongate. 
