AMPHISB^NA CINEREA. 201 



greyish brown above and greyish, white beneath ; on the 

 back are transverse brown spots, and brown streaks on the 

 head and neck. 



Entire length, about 3 feet 4 inches, the tail occupying 

 much more than half; the rudimentary hind-legs are 

 scarcely long enough to touch the ground. 



The Pseudopus Pallasii inhabits Dalmatia, Istria, the 

 Morea, North of Africa, and Southern Silesia. Pallas 

 states that it is not uncommon in the Crimea and Cau- 

 casus, in gardens and grassy valleys. 



Genus AMPHISBJENA. 



Teeth conical, somewhat curved, simple, pointed, un- 

 equal, distinctly separated, and applied to the inner margin 

 of the jaw ; the intermaxillary teeth always of an uneven 

 number, with the central tooth from one to three times as 

 large as the others ; nostrils small, lateral, each in a single 

 plate ; fore- and hind-legs entirely wanting ; pores situated 

 in front of the vent. 



Amphisbsena cinerea. 



Amphisbcena cinerea, Dum. et Bib. vol. v. p. 500; Schinz, Europ. 

 Faun. vol. ii. p. 36. 



Desceipiiom'. — The head is depressed, the muzzle short 

 and rounded, the eyes distinct; there are seven inter- 

 maxillary teeth and fourteen mandibulars ; the rostral 

 plate is quadrilateral, contracted in its upper portion, 

 where it is united to the frontal plate, this last occupying 

 the whole anterior surface of the head; there are two 

 naso-rostral plates, of medium size, quadrilateral, not sol- 

 dered together, descending to the edge of the upper Up, on 

 which there are only two labial plates ; the hinder portion 

 of the head, and the temples are divided into small square 



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