T 34 OPHIOMORPHA. 



3. Epierium, Wagler. 



Ichthyophis, Fitzinger. 



Fossa two below and slightly in front of the eyes; body 

 subfusiform; head depressed ; tongue with a velvety sur- 

 face, and without narial valvules; eyes visible; annuli 

 numerous, complete. 



Epierium glutinosum, Wagler. (20) 



JAVANESE CECILIA. 



Synonyms, Epierium Hasseltii, Wagler; Tchthyophis 

 Hasseltii, Fitzinger; Csecilia hypocyanea, Hasselt; Cae- 

 cilia viscosa, Latreille; Le Serpent Visquex, Daubenton ; 

 Le Visquex, Lacepede and Bonnaterre ; Csecilia glutin- 

 osa of many authors. 



Length 13 inches; diameter^ inch; annuli 350, being 

 transverse strise rather than plicae, and united beneath at 

 an acute angle; muzzle obtuse; scales many, thin, and 

 articulated above ; color blackish to grayish, with a yel- 

 lowish band on each side extending the length of the 

 body. 



Habitat Ceylon, Malacca, and Java. Daudin says 

 America, but this is probably a mistake. 



