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Show 406 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON APODAL BATRACHIANS. [MAY 21, *2. HYPOGEOPHIS ROSTRATUS. Ccecilia rostrata, Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 100 (1829); Dum. Bibr. viii. p. 279 (1841); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac 1877, p. 456. Hypogeophis rostratus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 936, and Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. 1880, p. 53 ; Bouleng. Cat. p. 96, pi. vii. fig. 2 (1882); Stejneg. Proc U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 738. Seychelles. *3. HYPOGEOPHIS ALTERNANS. Hypogeophis alternans, Stejneg. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 739. Seychelles. 4. CECILIA. Ccecilia, part., Linn. S. N. i. p. 229 (1766). Ccecilia, Wagl. Svst. Amph. p. 198 (1830); Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 274 (1841); A. Dum. Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 311; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 934; Bouleng. Cat. p. 93 (1882). Synopsis of the Species. I. Total length not 60 times greatest diameter of body. 135-150 circular folds, last 40 to 50 not interrupted on the dorsal line 1. tentaculata. 115-140 circular folds, last 16 to 20 not interrupted on the dorsal line 2. isthmica. 175 circular folds, all complete 3. buckleyi. II. Total length more than 60 times greatest diameter of body. 207-209 circular folds, nearly all complete 4. polyzona. 160-170 circular folds, interrupted on the dorsal and ventral lines 5. pachynema. 210-255 circular folds, interrupted on the dorsal and ventral lines 6. gracilis. *1. CECILIA TENTACULATA. Ccecilia, Linn. Amoen. Acad. i. p. 489, pi. xvii. fig. 1 (1754). Ccecilia tentaculata, part.. Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 19 (1754), and S. N. i. p. 393 (1766). Ccecilia tentaadata, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 599, pi. cxxxvi. (1802); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 934; Bouleng. Cat. p. 93 (1882). Ccecilia albiventris, Daud. Rept. vii. p. 423, pi. xcii. fig. (1803); Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 277 (1841). Guianas. *2. CECILIA ISTHMICA. Ccecilia rostrata (non Cuv.), Giinth. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 417. Ccecilia isthmica, Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xvii. 1877, p. Bouleng. Cat. p. 94, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1882). Ccecilia guentheri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 936. Ccecilia pachynema (non Gthr.), Bouleng. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1880, p. 48. Isthmus of Darien; Ecuador. |