20. SEPSINA. 421 
7. Sepsina copii. 
Sepsina copei, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1878, p. 212. 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
small; lower eyelid transparent; ear-opening very small, frontal 
once and a half as long as the frontonasal, longer than broad, 
emarginate posteriorly ; four supraoculars, first largest ; five supra- 
ciliaries ; interparietal as long as broad, much shorter and narrower 
than the frontal ; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 24 scales 
round the body. Limbs very short, tridactyle; fore limb hardly 
half as long as the head ; hind limb twice and a half the length of 
the fore limb, third toe slightly longer than second. Tail shorter 
than the body. Pale brown above, whitish inferiorly. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 130 Fore limb ........ 
Headiseceerag ve ee 10 Hind limb........ 12 
Width of head .... 6 Wath ase ea es veces 50 
Body esac val ee 70 
Benguela. 
a, Ad. Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [P.]. 
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8. Sepsina angolensis. 
Sepsina angolensis, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. i. 1866, p. 63, pl. i. fig. 1. 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
small; lower eyelid transparent; ear-opening small, elliptical ; 
frontal longer than broad, emarginate posteriorly ; four supraoculars, 
first largest ; five supraciliaries ; interparietal small, subtriangular ; 
fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 24 scales round the body. 
Limbs very short, tridactyle ; fore limb hardly half as long as the 
head ; hind limb nearly twice as long as fore limb, the second toe 
longest. Tail shorter than the body. Olive-brown above, each 
scale edged with lighter; yellowish-brown inferiorly. 
millim. millim 
~ Total length ...... 140 Fore limb ........ 5 
Head sic ngscuy resins 10 Hind limb........ 9 
Body 2. ei eesa ewes 77 TBI esaaaen a sanacs 53 
9. Sepsina grammica. 
Sepsina grammica, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 318. 
Frontal concave behind, as wide as long ; interparietal nearly 
as wide, large; supraoculars and supraciliaries four ; fourth labial 
below the eye; rostral flattened, not acute; ear-opening minute. 
22 scales round the body. Limbs very small, tridactyle, the anterior 
“hardly one third the length of the posterior. Fawn-brown above; 
