EEPTILUS. 407 



PEBIPIA GYGLUBA. 



Back uniform granular, without any tubercles. Scales in the 

 middle of the belly in about 45 longitudinal series. Tail rounded, 

 not depressed, very narrowly verticillated, without enlarged sub- 

 caudals. Nine upper and eight lower labial shields. Front 

 lower labial elongate, but the two adjoining labials are still 

 longer ; the chin is covered with very small shields, of which one 



in the centre, immediately behind the front labial, is generally the 

 largest. Brownish-grey above, with more or less irregular brown 

 bands across the back, each band being ornamented with some 

 small white spots. The brown bands are sometimes replaced by a 

 dark marbling. 



Several specimens from New Caledonia ; all agreeing in the 

 peculiar pholidosis of the chin and in tlie form of the tail. The 

 longest is 4| inches long, of which the tail takes 2 inches. 



I have no doubt that Professor Peters is perfectly right in 

 supposing that Peripia peronii is identical with Peropus Tnuti- 

 latus of Wiegmann (Monatsber. Berl. Acad. 1867, p. 14). 



