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CCECILIID^. 



1. Siphonops anmilatus. (Plate VIII. fig. 4.) 



Siphonopa interrupta (Ouv.), Gray, Cat. p. 59. 

 Coecilia annulata, Mikan, Delect. Flor. Faun. Bras. ; Spix, Serp. Bras. 



p. 74, pi. 26. f. 1. 

 Siphonops annulatus, Wagl. I. c. pi. x. f . 1-2 ; Dum. ?f Bihr. p. 282, 



pi. 85. i.\; A. Bum. I. a. pi. 1. f. 2 ; Peters, I. c. 



Teeth small, numerous, subequal. Snout broad, rounded, mode- 

 rately prominent, shorter than the distance between the eyes ; latter 

 distinct ; tentacle in front of and below the eye. Body stout, cylin- 

 drical, moderately elongate ; 85 to 95 circular folds, all complete, 

 ceasing before the vent. Tail indistinct, rounded. Blackish or 

 olive ; annuli and borders of the vent whitish. Total length 390 

 miUim. ; greatest diameter of body 16 millim. 



Guianas ; Brazil ; Ecuador ; Peru. 



10. TYPHLONECTES. 



Coecilia, sp., Dum. §• Bibr. viii. p. 274 ; Orai/, Cat. p. 57 ; A. Dum. 



M4m. Soe. Cherb. ii. p. 311. 

 Typhlonectes, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 940. 



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

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

 shaped, situated behind the nostril. No scales. Body more or less 

 compressed towards the end. Vent surrounded by a sort of adhe- 

 sive disk. 



South America. ' 



Synopsis of the Species. 



135 to 167 circular folds, interrupted 



on the back 1. compressicauda, p. 102. 



99 circular folds, all complete; snout 



very prominent 2. dorsalis, p. 103. 



Circular folds indistinct ; snout very 



prominent 3. natans, p. 103. 



1. TjrpMonectes compressicauda. 



Coecilia compressicauda, Gray, Cat. p. 58. 

 Coecilia compressicauda, Dum. Sr Bibr. p. 278 : Peters. Mon. Berl. 



Ac. 1874, p. 45, & 1875, p. 483, pi. — . 

 Typhlonectes compressicaudus, Peters, eod. loc. 1879, p. 941, pi. — . 



