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Show 408 MB. G. A. BOULENGER ON APODAL BATRACHIANS. [May 21, Intac, Ecuador. . __ Prof. Vaillant has recently pointed out that the late irot. Peters was mistaken in identifying the type specimen of C. bivit-tata which he had an opportunity of examining, with Ichthyophis glutinosus, and that the genus Rhinatrema is in every respect identical with Epicrionops, established by me in 1883, at a time when I had no reason to question the correctness of Peters's identification. It is now to me even a matter of doubt whether the two species mentioned above are really distinct, considering the amount of variation in the number of folds in Ichthyophis. 6. GEOTRYPETES. Geotrypetes, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1880, p. 55; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xv. 1895, p. 329. 1*. GEOTRYPETES PETERSII. (Plate XXIV. fig. 1.) Hypogeophis seraphini (non A. Dum.), Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 937. Geotrypetes seraphini, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. 1880, p. 55. Geotrypetes petersii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xv. 1895, p. 329. West Africa (Lagos, Cameroon). 7. URCEOTYPHLUS. Ccecilia, part., Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 274 (1841); A. Dum. Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 311. Urceotyphlus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 933; Bouleng. Cat. p. 91 (1882). Synopsis of the Species. Snout moderately prominent, as long as the distance between the eyes; 120-130 folds 1- seraphim. Snout moderately prominent, as long as the distance between the eyes; 200 folds 2. oxyurus. Snout very prominent, longer than the distance between the eyes; 240-260 folds 3. malabaricus. *1. URCEOTYPHLUS SERAPHINI. Ccecilia seraphini, A. Dum. Arch. Mus. x. 1859, p. 222, and Mem. Soc Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 314. Urceotyphlus africanus, Bouleng. Cat. p. 92, pi. v. fig. 1 (1882). Urceotyphlus seraphini, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xv. 1895, p. 328. Gaboon. *2. URCEOTYPHLUS OXYURUS. Ccecilia oxyura, Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 280 (1841); A. Dum. Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 22, pi. i. fig. 8 ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 443 (1864). Urceotyphlus oxyurus, Peiexs, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879r p. 933, and |
