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confluent with the supraocular on one side in one specimen. 

 Suboculars usually two, sometimes three. Temporals two an- 

 terior, the lower about half the length of the last supralabials 

 Usually two lying along the parietals. Supralabials 7, sometime. 



as. 



d. 



s 



TiiXTri'iG. i.— lipidosis of the; Head in 



a. Amblycephalus carinatus, Boie. 



b. A. inoellendorffi (Boettger). 

 c A. monticola (Cantor) . 



d. A. andersoni, Boulenyw. Type. 



e. A. modest us, Boulenger. Type. 



f. A. maciilaritts (Theobald). Co-type. 



8 (rarely 6). In all my fresh specimens I found none touched the 

 eye. In spirit specimens, however, it is not unusual to see the 4th, 

 or the 4th and 5th touching the eye ; 7th as long as, or longer 

 than the 6th and 5th taken together. Mental usually touching 

 the anterior sublinguals, rarely not. Cost ah in 15 rows in the 



