422 SCINCIDE. 
four rows of scales on each side with a dark line in the centre, 
forming interrupted streaks. 
From snout to vent 70 millim., fore limb 2, hind limb 7. 
South-west coast of Africa. 
10. Sepsina bayonii. 
Dumerilia bayonii, Bocage, Jorn, Sc. Lisb. i. 1866, p. 68, and viii. 
1882, p. 299. 
Scincodipus congicus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1876, p.,551, pl. —. 
figs. ]-5. 
Snout cuneiform, projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
very small; lower eyelid transparent; ear just distinguishable; 
frontal not or scarcely longer than the frontonasal, broader than 
long ; three small supraoculars, first largest; five supraciliaries ; 
interparietal much narrower than the frontal, as broad as the 
parietal, a little longer than broad, its anterior border convex; 
fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 20 (to 22) scales round the 
body. Fore limbs absent; hind limbs very short, subulate, ending 
in a claw. Tail shorter than the body. Pale olive or brownish 
above and on the sides, with darker lines following the longitudinal 
series of scales. 
From snout to vent 71 millim., tail 44, hind limb 4. 
Angola and Loango. 
a-b. Ad. Ambriz. Mr. Rich [C.]. 
e. Ad. Carangigo. Dr. Welwitsch [C.]. 
d, Her. Angola. Lieut. Cameron [P.]. 
21. MELANOSEPS. 
Palatine bones not meeting on the median line of the palate, which 
is toothless. Teeth conical. Eye very small; upper eyelid absent, 
lower scaly. Ear hidden. Nostyril pierced between the rostral and 
the first labial ; supranasals present ; preefrontals and frontoparietals 
absent. Body much elongate ; limbs absent. 
East Africa. 
1. Melanoseps ater. (Prarz XXVII. fig. 1.) 
Herpetosaura atra, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H, (4) xii. 1873, p. 147; 
Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 81. 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; 
frontonasal and frontal equal in size, broader than long; inter- 
parietal the largest head-shield, broader than long; three supra- 
oculars, first largest ; four supraciliaries; first upper labial largest, 
third entering the orbit. 22 scales round the middle of the body. 
Tail short. Blackish brown above and below, the scales edged with 
lighter brown. 
From snout to vent 160 millim., tail 48. 
Zambezi River. 
a, Ad. Zambezi. (Type.) 
