7. HERPBLE. 9. SIPHONOPS. 101 



1. Herpele sqnalostoma. (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Ooecilia squalostoma, Gray, Cat. p. 59. 

 Coeeilia squalostoma, Stutchhury, Trans. Lmn. Soe. xvii. p. 362, 



A. Bum. Arch. MJus. z. p. 222, and Mem. Soc. Cherh. ix, p. 314. 

 Herpele squalostoma, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 939, pi. — . 



f. 8. 



Teeth, small, numerous, subequal ; inner mandibulary teeth few. 

 Snout rounded, very prominent. Body elongate, cylindrical ; 130 

 or 135 (140 to 150 according to Stutchbury and Dumeril) annuli, 

 all complete. Tail indistinct, rounded. Olive-brown, sometimes 

 with yellow spots. Total length 450 miUim. ; greatest diameter of 

 body 11 mUlim. 



W. Africa. 



a. Adult. Gaboon. 



h. Adult. ? Dr. Wright [P.]. 



8. GEGENOPHIS. 



Gegenes (non Subner), Cfuieth. Proa. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 577. 

 Gegeneophis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 932. 



Squamosals in contact with parietals. Two series of teeth in 

 the lower jaw. Eyes overroofed by bone. Tentacle globular, 

 surrounded by a circular groove, situated behind and below the 

 nostril. No scales. 



India. 



1. GegenopMs carnosus. (Piate VIII. fig. 8.) 



Epicrium carnosum, Seddome, Madras Month. Jburn. Med. So. 1870. 



p. 176. 

 Gegenes carnosus, Cfiinth. I. e. 



Teeth small, subequal. Snout narrowed, projecting; tentacle 

 near the lip. Body elongate ; 115 to 120 circular folds, all rather 

 indistinct, interrupted on the back, the hindermost complete. Tail 

 indistinct, rounded. Light brown ; head yellowish. Total length 

 177 millim. ; greatest diameter of. body 3 j mUlim. 



Wynaad. 



a-b. Hgr. ? Periah Peak. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types.) 



9. SIPHONOPS. 



Siphonops, Wagkr, Isis, 1828, p. 740, and Syst. Amph. p. 198 : 

 Tschudi, Pair. p. 90 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 940. 



Siphonops, sp., iJum. Sr Bibr. viii. p. 282 ; Gray, Cat. p. 59 ; A. Bum. 

 Mim. Soc. Cherh. ix. p. 317. 



Squamosals in contact with, parietals. A single series of teeth in 

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

 shaped, situated in &ont of the eye. No scales. 



Tropical America. 



