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CCECILIID^. 



Mr. Eraser [0.1. 

 Mr. Buckley [0.1 

 Named by Dr. Snaw. 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



4. HYPOGEOPHIS. 



Coecilia, sp., Bum. Sr Bibr. viii. p. 274 ; Ch-ay, Cat. p. 57 ; A. Bum. 



MSm. Soo. Cherh. ii. p. 311. 

 Hypogeopbis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 936. 

 Geotrypetes, Peters, Sitzh. Oes. naturf. Fr. 1880, p. 55. 



Squamosals in contact with parietals. Two series of teeth in the 

 lower jaw. Tentacle flap-shaped, tentacular groove horseshoe- 

 shaped, situated below and behind the nostril. Cycloid scales im- 

 bedded in the skin. 



Africa. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



Nearly all the circular folds completely sur- 

 rounding the body 1. rostratus, p. 96. 



The anterior 40 folds interrupted on the 



dorsal and ventral lines 2. guentheri, p. 96. 



All the circular folds, except the hindennost, 



incompletely surrounding the body 3. seraphini, p. 97. 



1. HypogeopMs rostratus. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Coecilia rostrata, Grny, Cat. p. 68. 

 Coecilia rostrata, Ouv. M. A., 2" ^d. ii. p. 100 ; Bum. Sf Bibr. p. 279 ; 



Petefs, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 456. 

 Hypogeophis rostratus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 936, and 



Sitz. Oes. naturf. Fr. 1880, p. 63. 



Teeth small, eubequal, few in inner mandibulary row. Head 

 small; snout narrowed, acuminate, prominent, a little longer than 

 the distance between the eyes ; eyes visible ; tentacle near the lip, 

 much nearer the nostril than the eye. Body short, stout; about 

 125 circular folds, nearly all complete ; a more or less distinct 

 raised line along each side of the back ; a median groove along the 

 abdominal face. Tail indistinct, obtuse. Dark brown. Total 

 length 280 miUim. ; greatest diameter of body 10 millim. 



Seychelles. 



Or-h. Adult & hgr. Seychelles. 

 c-g. Youne:, with spiracula. Seychelles. 

 h. Adult. " ? 



Dr. E. P. Wright [C.l. 

 Dr. Giiother [P.]. 



2. Hypogeophis guentheri. (Pxaib YII. fig. 1.) 

 Teeth small, subequal, few in inner mandibulary row. Snout 



