60 CATALOGUE OF AMPHIBIA. 
years 
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Siphonops mexicanus Dum. § Bib. Erp. Gen. vill. 284. 
Amphisbeena versatilis Johnston, MS. B. M. 1820. ) 8 
a, b. In spirits. Mexico. Presented by Captain Sir Edwrr 
Belcher, K.C.B., R.N. 
ce. In spirits. Mexico. Presented by C. Johnston, Esq. 
Amphisbena versatilis Johnston, MS. 
3. ICHTHYOPHIS. 
Head depressed, elongate. Muzzle obtuse. Maxillary and pala- 
tine teeth slender, acute, hooked. ‘Tongue entire, velvet-like. — 
Eyes distinct. A pit (or tentacle) below the eye, near the edge. 
of the upper lip.—Body rather fusiform, with numerous crowded 
circular folds. 
Ichthyophis Fitz. N. Class. 63. 
Epicrium Hasselt, Isis, 1827; Wagler, Syst. 198.; Tschudi, Batr. 
55. 90.; Fitz. S. R. 34. ! 
Cecilia sp. Linn.; Van Hasselt, Isis. 1827, 565.; Gray, Ann. Phil. 
1825. - 
1. IcHTHYOPHIS GLUTINOSUS. 
Body with 325 ring-like plaits; brown, with a white streak on 
each side. ‘Tail conical. 
Ichthyophis Hasselti Fitz. Verz. 63. 
Kpic. Hasselti Wagler, Isis, 1828, 743. 
Epicrium glutinosum Dum. & Bib. Erp. Gen. viii. 286. 
Cecilia glutinosa Linn. S. N. 1. 393.; Seba, u.-t. 25. f. 2.3; Gray, 
in Griff. A. K. ix. 248. 
C. viscosa Latr. Rept. iv. 238. 
C. hypocyanea Hasselt, Isis, 1827, 365.; Schlegel, Abbild. t. 39. f. 
1. jun. 
a. In spirits. Ceylon. Presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 
Bart. P.R.S. | 
B. Muzzle not pitted. 
4, RHINATREMA 
Head depressed, elongate. Muzzle blunt, without any pits. Teeth, — 
maxillary and palatine, slender, acute, ‘pent backwards, Tongue 
entire, velvety. Eyes distinct.— Body rather fusiform, with nu- ~ 
merous circular plaits. Black, with a yellow band on each sides, ‘ 
- Rhinatrema Dum. & Bib. Vili. 288. ; Fitz. S. &. 34. 
Cecilia sp. Cuvier, R. A. ii. 100. 
