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the point. Ears very small or hidden. Femoral pores none, 

 Body cylindrical. Limbs 4, very short, or none. Scales 

 smooth. — Gray. 



Genus. Nessja. Gray. 



Muzzle conical. Ears very small, dotlike. Body cylin- 

 drical, elongate, sides rounded. Scales smooth. Legs 4, 

 very short, far apart. Toes 3-3, subequal, clawed. 



JSTessia. Bubtoni ? Gray. 



Dark rufous-brown above, and spotted longitudinally with 

 darker brown spots. Dark grey beneath, clouded and indis- 

 tinctly spotted. Tail cylindrical, rounded at the end, and 

 coloured and spotted like the body. Limbs 4, very small, 

 each with 3 subequal toes. 



Length 5 \ inches. 



Habitat. Allagalla (3000 feet.) 



The only specimen which we have examined is one obtained 

 from vegetable soil in a Coffee Estate under the superintend- 

 ence of Dr. Marshall.* We are informed that this reptile is 

 common at Ambegammoa. 



If our identification is correct, it would appear probable 

 that the only specimen in Europe, found in the Army Medi- 

 cal Officers' Museum at Fort Pitt, was sent from Ceylon. 

 The specimen was named after Staff Surgeon Burton, who 

 was the Curator of the Museum when Dr: Gray visited that 

 establishment. 



Genus. Acontias. Cuvier. 



Head conical. Nostrils lateral. Internasal broad, 6 sides., 

 frontal large, 6 sided, frontonasals and frontoparietals none ; 

 interparietals small, triangular, parietal moderate. Tongue 

 flat, scaly, nicked at the tip. Teeth conical, blunt. Palate 

 not toothed, with a longitudinal groove. Eyes very small. 

 Upper eyelid wanting, lower short, scaly, opaque. Ears 

 hidden under the skin. Body cylindrical, elongate. Scales 



* We haye since received several smaller specimens from Kadugan wa. 



