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Show 1895.] MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON APODAL BATRACHIANS. 411 *1. TYPHLONECTES COMPRESSICAUDA. Ccecilia compressicauda, Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 278 (1841) Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 45, and 1875, p. 483, pi. -. Typhlonectes compressicauda, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 941, pi. - ; Bouleng. Cat. p. 102 (1882). Guianas ; Venezuela ; N. Brazil 2 2. TYPHLONECTES KAUPII. Siphonops kaupii, Berthold, Gotting. Nachr. 1859, p. 181, and 1867, p. 361. Ccecilia dorsalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 459, pi. -. Typhlonectes dorsalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 941; Bouleng. Cat. p. 103 (1882). Typhlonectes kaupiii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) viii. 1891, p. 457. Venezuela. *3. TYPHLONECTES NATANS. Ccecilia natans, Fischer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 941, and Arch. f. Nat. 1880, p. 217, pi. viii. figs. 5-7. Typhlonectes natans, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 941; Bouleng. Cat. p. 103, pi. ix. fig. 3 (1882). Cacera, Colombia. 12. CHTHONERPETON. Qhihonerpeton, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac 1879, p. 940; Bouleng. Cat. p. 104 (1882). Synopsis of the Species. Eyes distinct; diameter of body 26 times in total length; 78-100 circular folds 1. indistinctum. Eyes indistinct; diameter of body 39 times in total length; 145 circular folds 2. petersii. *1. CHTHONERPETON INDISTINCTUM. Siphonops indistinctus, Reinh. & Liitk. Vid. Meddel. 1861, p. 203. Chthonerpeton indistinctum, Peters, Mon. Berl. A c 1879, p. 940 Bouleng. Cat. p. 104 (1882). S. Brazil; Buenos Ayres. *2. CHTHONERPETON PETERSII. Chthonerpeton petersii, Bouleng. Cat. p. 104, pi. ix. fig. 2 (1882). Upper Amazon. 13. SIPHONOPS. Siphonops, Wagl. Isis, 1828, p. 740, and Syst. Amph. p. 198 (1830); Peters, Mon. Berl. A c 1879, p. 940; Bouleng. Cat. p. 101 (1882). Siphonops, part., Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 282 (1841); A. Dum. Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 317. 1 A fine specimen from Manaos is in the British Museum. |