OF BlUTISII TEIIRITOKIES IN EAST AFRICA. 851 



Family AMPHisniENiD;E. 

 Four geneia. 

 I. Segments of the pectoral region not differentiated. 



4 labials, third largest Amphisheena. 



2 labials, first largest Amphisbceniila. 



4 shields bordering mouth, first (formed by fusion of labial 



and nasal, and pvicfrontal and ocular) largest Chirindia. 



JI. Segments of the pectoral region slightly enlarged, forming an angular scries. 



3 labials, first very small Geocalamus. 



1. Amphisb^na. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 392, et onin. auct. ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. ii. 

 p. 435. 



1. Amphisb^na phylofinieks Torn. 

 Torn. Zool. Anz. 1899, p. 260. 

 Tang.anyika Territory. 



2. AMPHlSBiENULA. 



?Sternf. S.B. Ges. naturf. Berlin, 1911, p. 246. * 



1. Amphisb.enula orientalis Sternf. 



Sternf. S.B. Ges. naturf. Berlin,. 19 11, p. 246. 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



3. Chirindia. 

 Blgr. Ann. Mag. N. 11. (7) xx. p. 48, 1907. 

 1. Chirindia ewerbecki Warn. 



Wern. Hamb. Jahrb. wiss. Anst. xxvii. p. 37, 1910. 



4. Geocalamus, 



Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (5) vi. p. 234, 1880 ; Blgr. Cat. 

 Liz. ii. p. 453. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



2 lower labials ; 2 temporals : 38 to 42 segments round body acutus. 



3 lower labials; 3 temporals; 34 to 38 segments round body modestvs, 



1. Geocalamus acutus Sternf. 



Sternf. Ergebn. Deut.-Zentral-AfrikaExp. 1907-08, iv.(Z. 2), 

 p. 209, 1912. 



Kenya Colony ; Tanganyika Tenitory. 



2. Geocalamus modestus Gthr. 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 453., 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



