CORCILITDA: CUSCILIA. oF 
Fam. I. CQACILIID:. 
Character and Synonyma of Order. 
Synopsis of Genera. 
A. Muzzle pitted. 
1. Cacrr1a. The pit under each nostril. 
2. Sipnonors. The pit before each eye. Body with broad rings. 
3. Icutuyoruis. The pit before each eye. Body with narrow 
rings. 
B. Muzzle not pitted. 
4. RHINATREMA. 
A. Muzzle with Pits on each side. 
1, CQHCILIA. 
Head cylindrical. Muzzle prominent. Maxillary and palatine 
_ teeth short, strong, conical. ‘Tongue velvety, with two hemi- 
spheres corresponding to the inner holes of the nostrils. Eyes 
seen through the skin, or indistinct. A small pit or false nostril 
below each nostril. 
Cecilia Tschudi, Batr. 26. 55. 90.; Fitz. S. -R. 34.; Dum. et Bib. 
Erp. Gen, viii. 274. 
Ozs. Cecilia nasuta Herm. is a fish (Sphagebranchus). 
1. CascILIA GRACILIS. 
Body very long and slender, smooth, except near the cylindrical 
hinder extremity, where there are 15 close circular plaits. Tail 
rounded, depressed, rounder above. Muzzle broad, rounded. 
Cecilia gracilis Shaw, Zool. iii.597. 1802 ; Hempr. Berl. Mag. 1824, 
294. 
C. lumbricoidea Daud. Rept. vii. 410. t. 92. f. 2.1802 ; Dum. et Bib. 
H. G.. viii. 275. 
C. lumbricoides Merrem, Tent. 168.; Cuv. R. A. ii. 100.; Gray 
in Griff. A. K. ix, 284. 
C. vermiformis Shaw, MS. B. M. 
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