1895.] 



MR. G. A. BOTTLETS^GER ON APODAL BATRACHIANS. 



413 



folds, interrupted on the dorsal and ventral lines. Tail indistinct, 

 rounded. Bright yellow, with a broad black dorsal band. 



Total length 160 millim. ; greatest diameter of body 6 millim. 



A single specimen from Usambara, G-erman East Africa; 

 received from Dr. F. Werner. 



15. GEGEIfOPHIS. 



Gecjenes (non Hubn.), Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 577. 

 Gegeneophis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1879, p. 932 ; Bouleng. 

 Cat. p. 101 (1882). 



*1. GeGENOPHIS CARIfOSUS. 



Epicrium carnosicm, Beddome, Madras Month. Journ. Med. Se. 

 1870, p. 176. 



Qegenes carnosus, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 577. 



Gegenophis carnosus, Bouleng. Cat. p. 101, pi. viii. fig. 3 (1882), 

 and Faun. Ind., Eept. p. 518 (1890). 



"Wynaad ; Travancore \ 



16. SCOLECOMORPHUS. 



Scolecomorphiis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (5) xi. 1883, p. 48. 



*1. SCOLECOMORPHUS KIRKII. (Plate XXIII. fig. 3.) 



Scolecomorphus TcirTcii, Bouleng. I. c. ; G-iinth. P. Z. S. 1892, 

 p. 555. 



Nyassaland. 



Table showing Geographical Distribution, 



1 A specimen from Kallar, Travancore, received from Mr. H. S. Ferguson, 

 measures 280 millim. ; diameter of body 9 millim. ; 110 folds ; uniform darl? 

 brown, somewhat paler beneath, 



