APPENDIX. 
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PHOLEOPHILUS, s. o. 
Ch. Gen. Serpent-shaped. Nose considerably in advance of the lower jaw. Nostrils situated in 
the nasal plate. Plates of the head,— one rostral, two nasal, one naso-rostral, or fronto-nasal, one frontal, 
one interparietal, four parietals, and one palpebral over each eye. Eyes small. Upper eyelid narrow. 
Teeth small, conical, and thinly set. No external ear-openings. Extremities two, very small, undivided, 
pointed, and situated one on each side of vent. Scales of the body and tail smooth, six-sided, 
and imbricate, arranged in longitudinal rows. 
PHOLEOPHILUS CAPENSIS, n. s. 
Head rather lengthened, narrowest anteriorly ; sides of head vertical. Body subquadrangular. 
Tail cylindrical, point rather obtuse. Upper jaw extended considerably beyond the lower; the anterior 
extremity of both much depressed, almost cutting. Rostral plate large, subtriangular ; nasal plates 
subrhomboidal, internally contiguous; naso-rostral, single, five-sided, long transversely, rather narrow 
in the opposite direction; frontal plate large, cup-shaped, the anterior edge slightly angular; inter- 
parietal plate large, five-sided, the anterior side concave, to receive the hinder part of the frontal plate; 
interparietal plates four, long, rather narrow, placed oblicpiely on the hindhead, and widest behind ; 
palpebral plate one on each side, somewhat kidney-shaped. Frenal plate subovate; preocular plate 
small, quadrangular. Plates of upper lip exclusive of rostral, and of lower exclusive of mental, five ; 
mental plate large, square behind ; first submental plate as broad as mental, and triangular, the apex 
backwards ; three other submental plates on each side, edging the labial plates, those of one side 
separated from those of the other by a row of small six-sided plates. Scales of the back close to the 
head, long transversely', and narrow in the opposite direction ; more behind, six-sided, shorter transversely, 
and much wider in the opposite direction. Scales of the tail large, somewhat ovate, much imbricate, 
the hinder edge of each semicircular. Plates of the under parts the same shape as those of the tail, 
on the belly rather smaller. Preanal plates four, two long longitudinally, one narrow at the 
hinder extremity, the other much wider. Eyes small; eyelids narrow hut distinct; hinder extremities 
about a line in length, very narrow, laterally compressed, pointed, and coated with minute scales. 
The colour of the head and tail clear yellowish brown, the back and sides greenish white, with a 
silvery lustre ; the former is variegated with two longitudinal lines of small brownish red dots; the 
latter with a broad, clear, brownish red stripe ; the stripes and dotted lines, which commence at the 
hindhead, disappear about the middle of the tail ; under parts of body wine-yellow. Length from 
nose to base of tail 2 inches 3 lines; length of tail 11 inch. 
The two specimens I possess were obtained in Little Namaqualand, and were found under a loose 
stone, in a burrow like what is formed by an earthworm. 
TYPHLINE CUVIERII, Wieg. Herpet. Mexican, page 11. Dim. et Bib. Erpet. Gen. tom. v. 
page 836. Acontias coecus, Cuv. Reg. Animal, 1st edition, tom. ii. page 60. 
Inhabits the Cape Colony ; specimens are rarely obtained. 
APARALLACTUS, n. g. 
Ch Gen. Head the same breadth as the neck. Body long, slender, and of equal thickness. Tail 
tapered. Teeth conical, pointed, and thinly set ; the last of maxilla rather longest. Nostril in the nasal 
plate. Frenal plate wanting. Preocular and postocular plates, one each. Pupil circular. Plates of head, 
