SLENDER CECILIA. 597 



out any appearance of tentacula: the colour of 

 both head and body is deep brown, and along 

 each side runs a broad whitish stripe ; the wrinkles 

 are extremely close and numerous, and disposed 

 in such a manner as to form a slight carina along 

 the sides on the white stripe. It is a native of 

 South America : the individual described by Lin- 

 naeus in the Mus. Ad. Frid. is said to have had 

 a small head, but in every other respect appears 

 to have resembled Seba's specimen. 



SLENDER CECILIA. 



Caecilia Gracilis. C.fusca, lumbriciformis. 



Brown Caecilia, resembling an earth-worm in shape, 



Csecilia tentaculata. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. ig. t. 5.f, 2. 



Length thirteen inches and three quarters : 

 diameter, which is perfectly equal throughout, one 

 fifth of an inch : skin smooth, but when closely 

 examined appearing most minutely granulated : 

 rug^e lateral, semi-annular, not strongly marked, 

 and about the tenth of an inch distant from each 

 other : head not perceptibly larger than the body, 

 and obtusely tapering at the mouth : upper jaw 

 longer than the lower, the mouth being placed 

 somewhat beneath ; about the eighth of an inch 

 wide : teeth not distinctly visible, but may be felt 

 in both jaws by means of a pin : nostrils small, ra- 

 ther distant, and seated at the tip of the snout on 



