1895.] 5IH. G. A. BOTJIiEXGEB OX APODAL BATRACHIAXS. 403 



b. Squamosals separated from parietals. 



Tentacle valvular, close to theeye 5. Ehixatrema. 



Tentacle valvular, below and behind the nostril 6. Geotrypetes. 



Tentacle conical, below the nostril 7. Urj:otyi'iilvs. 



2. A single series of teeth in the lower jaw ; tentacle 



globular, in front of the eye 8. Ceyptopsophis. 



B. Eyes below the cranial bones ; squamosals in 

 contact with parietals ; tentacle globular. 



Tentacle below and a little behind the nostril 9. Herpele. 



Tentacle nearer the commissure of the jaws than the 



nostril 1". Gymxopis. 



II. No scales. 



A. Eyes distinct or concealed under the skin. 



1. Two series of teeth in the lower jaw. 



Parietals and squamosals in contact 11. T ypulo.nectes. 



Parietals separated from squamosals 12. Ciithoserpeto.n. 



2. A single series of teeth in the lower jaw. 



Parietals and squamosals in contact 13. Siphonops. 



Parietals separated from squamosals 14. Bdellophis. 



B. Eyes below the cranial bones. 



Two series of teeth in the lower jaw ; parietals and squa- 

 mosals in contact 15. Gegenophis. 



A single series of teeth in the lower jaw; parietals 



separated from squamosals Itj. Scolecomorpiius 



1. ICHTHTOPHIS. 



IcMiyojyJm, Fitzing. X. Class. Eept. p. 36 (1826) ; Peters, Moa. 

 Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 931 ; Bouleng. Cat. p. 89 (1882). 



Epicrium, Wagl. Isis, 1828, p. 743, and Syst. Amph. p. 198 

 (1830) ; Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 285 (1841) ; A. Dum. Mem. Soc. 

 Cherb. ii. 1863, p. 319. 



Si/nopsis of tlie Species. 



Snout as long as the distance between the eyes; a yellow 



lateral band 1. ghUinosKS. 



Snout shorter than the distance between the eyes ; no lateral 

 band 2. monochrous. 



*1. ICHTHTOPHIS GLUTIJfOSrS. 



Ccecilia glutinosa, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 19, pi. iv. fig. 1 

 (1754), and S. N. i. p. 393 (1766) ; Daud. Eept. vii. p. 418 (1803); 

 Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 303. 



Ccecilia viscosa, Latr. Eept. iv. p. 238 (1802) 



IchthyopJiis hasseltii, Fitzing. X. Class, p. 63 (1826). 



Ccecilia hypocyanea, Hasselt, Isis, 1827, p. 565 ; Miill. Zeitschr. 

 f. Physiol, iv. 1831, p. 195, and Arch. Anat. Phys. 1835, p. 391, 

 pi. viii. figs. 12-14 ; Schleg. Abbild. p. 119, pi. ixxix. fig. 1 

 (1844). 



Epicrium hasseltii, Wagl. Isis, 1828, p. 743. 



Epicrium glutinosum, Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 286 (1841) ; A. Dum. 

 Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 319 ; Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 441 

 (1864). 



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