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diameter of the eye; the portion seen from below longer than 
broad and slightly narrower behind than in front. Nasals apparently 
fused with the first supralabial of each side, in contact behind the 
rostral ; a little shorter than the praefrontals, their suture being the 
Text Fig. 2 .—Ophioseps repens, sp. nov. From type. 
a. Side of head, enlarged. 
b. Dorsal view of head, enlarged. 
0. Ventral view of head, enlarged. 
same length as that of the praefrontals. Nostril large, not visible 
from above ; a very distinct groove runs from its posterior edge to 
the lower anterior border of the praefrontal. Praefrontals a little 
larger than the nasals, a little more than half the length of the 
frontal, forming a suture in the median line and with the first 
supralabial (the second supralabial if we count the first as fused 
with the nasal). Frontal six-sided ; broader in front than behind; 
almost once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from 
the end of the snout. Supraocular narrow, extending down behind 
the eye and meeting the third supralabial. A pair of parietal 
shields larger than the adjoining scales, in contact behind the eye 
with the third supralabial. A small praeocular ; no postocular. 
