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the head, body, limbs, and tail very strongly keeled ; scales on the 

 snout larger than those on the back of the head ; scales on the back 

 and sides rhomboidal, not imbricate, small on the middle of the back, 

 increasing in size towards the sides, where they are only a little smaller 

 tiiari the ventrals; the latter scales hexagonal and imbricate; 62 scales 

 round the middle of the body. Tail cylindrical, tapering ; upper 

 caudal scales pointed and raised, giving the organ a roughish appear- 

 ance ; lower caudal scales larger, rhomboidal, imbricate ; no subcaudal 

 enlarged shields. Dark brown above, with some lighter dots ; pale 



brown beneath. 



millim. 



Total length 11 



Head 10 



Width of head 6 



Body 27 



Fore limb 11 



Hind limb 14 



Tail 40 



This Gecko differs from S. copii, Stdr., of which male and female 

 specimens were obtained by Mr. Ramage in Dominica, in the smaller 

 dorsal scales, the strongly keeled ventrals, and the absence of sub- 

 caudal shields. 



A single male specimen, collected by Dr. Nicholls. 



3. Typhlops platycephalus. 



Typhlops platycephalus, Dum. & Bibr. vi. p. 293 (1844) ; Jan, 

 Icon. Gen. Ophid. p. 18, livr. 3, pis. iv. & v. fig. 8 (1864). 



Ophthalniidion fuscum, A. Dum. Cat. Meth. Rept. p. 203 

 (18.51). 



Typhlops fuscus, Jan, op. cit. p. 22, livr. 5, pis. v. & vi. fig. 4. 



Snout rounded, rather depressed, strongly projecting ; nostrils 

 lateral. Rostral about one third the width of the head, extending 

 to the level of the eyes ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior of 

 which is in contact with the first and second labials ; prseocular 

 present, a little narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact 

 with the third labial only ; eyes distinct ; upper head-scales not or 

 scarcely enlarged ; four upper labials. Diameter of body 40 to 50 

 times in the total length ; tail as long as broad or a little longer than 

 broad, ending in a spine. 24 scales round the body. Blackish 

 brown above and below, uniform or with a few of the scales of the 

 middle ventral row white; lower surface of snout and anal region 

 usually white. 



Of this little known Typhlops, originally described from Mar- 

 tinique, numerous specimens were obtained by Mr. Ramage and 

 Dr. Nicholls. The largest measures 360 millim. 



4. OxYRHOPUs PLUMBEUS, Wied. 



Hitherto recorded only from Trinidad in the West Indies. 



5. Trigonocephalus lanceolatus, Daud. 



