LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS. 



ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED IN COLORS. 



PAGE 



Soft Turtles 20 



Bull-Prog 154 



Stag- Beetle, and Longicorn Beetle. 378 

 Erycinids 414 



Silk-Worm, and Moths 432 



Cicadae, Lantern-Ply, etc 428 



Hermit-Crabs . . ,. 458 



Crab-Spider, or Matoudou 492 



Holothurians, and Sea Star 544 



Sea-Anemo'ies 568 



FULL-PAGE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 



Indian Tortoise, or Elephant Tor- 

 toise 8 



African Crocodiles at Home 28 



Gavial, or Gangetic Crocodile 30 



Elegant Ophiops 50 



Iguana 76 



Chameleon 90 



Viper, or Adder 110 



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Anakonda 124 



Cobra Di Capello 142 



Archer Pish ' 230 



Flying Gurnard 238 



Trout 282 



Burying Beetles, Hornet, Watch- 

 man Beetle, etc 376 



Armed Calamary 308 



Hercules Beetle 380 



Dragon-Flies, Laying Eggs 894 



May-Fly 396 



Water Boatman, and Water Scor- 

 pion 430 



Lobster, and Spiny Lobster 464 



Red Coral, and Eight- Armed Cuttle 572 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. 



REPTILES. 



Title-Page (Reptiles) 1 



TORTOISES. 



Gopher Tortoise 6 



The Pyxis 9 



Lettered Tortoise, and Chicken Tor- 

 toise 10 



Quaker Tortoise 11 



Box Tortoise 12 



Mud Tortoise 15 



Matamata 17 



New Holland Chelodine, or Snake 



Tortoise 18 



Dogania 21 



Luth, or Leathery Turtle 22 



CROCODILES. 



False Gavial 30 



Indian Crocodile 32 



American Crocodile 34 



Margined Crocodile 35 



ALLIGATORS. 



Alligator 36 



Jacare, or Yacare 37 



Sooty Amphisbsena 38 



Cheirotes, or Hand-Eared Lizard. ... 39 

 LIZARDS. 



White-Throated Regenia 41 



Nilotic Monitor 42 



Teguexin, or Variegated Lizard 43 



Crust Lizard 44 



Scaly Lizard 46 



Eyed Lizard 47 



Green Lizard 48 



Rough-Scaled Cordyle 50 



PYGOPUS, SKINKS, AND SEPS. 



Pygopus 57 



Common Skink 59 



Hinulia and Mocoa 61 



Seps, or Cicigna 68 



PACHYGLOSS.E AND STROBILO- 

 SAURA. 



Fan- Foot 72 



Hatteria 77 



VOL. m. ANIMATE CBEATIOH. 



Marine Oreocephale 78 



Green Caroline Anolis 81 



Crowned Tapayaxin 83 



Frilled Lizard 85 



Spinose Againa 87 



Egyptian Mastigure 88 



Moloch 89 



SNAKES. 



Fer-De-Lance '. 96 



Bushmaster 97 



Copper-Head Snake 99 



Rattlesnake 100 



Diamond and Northern Rattlesnake. 103 



VIPERS. 



Tic-Polonga, or Katuka 105 



Puff Adder 106 



Cerastes, or Horned Viper 108 



Horatta Pam 109 



Sand-Natter 110 



RIVER AND SEA SERPENTS. 



Black-Backed Pelamis 116 



Acrochodore 117 



Carpet Snake 118 



ROCK SNAKES AND BOAS. 



Rock Snake of India 119 



Natal Rock Snake 120 



Dog-Headed Boa 122 



Boiguagu 123 



COLUBRINJE. 



Schaap-Sticker 126 



Ringed Snake, or Grass Snake 128 



Thunder Snake 131 



Chicken Snake 132 



Coluber 133 



Coach-Whip Snake 135 



Boomslange 138 



Langaha 139 



Banded Bunganis 141 



Serpent-Eating Hamadryas 142 



FROGS AND TOADS. 



Surinam Toad 150 



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Development of the Egg and of the 



Tadpole of the Green Frog 156 



Savannah Cricket Frog 164 



Green Tree-Frog 165 



Rhinophryne 169 



CRAWLING BATRACHIANS. 



Salamander 170 



Larva of Axolotl 176 



Axolotl 177 



Gigantic Salamander 178 



Menopome 179 



FALSE SERPENTS. 



Three-Toed Congo Snake 180 



Proteus 186 



FISHES. 

 SOFT-FINNED FISHES. 



Sturgeon 181 



SHARKS. 



Rock Dog-Fish 195 



Hammer-Headed Shark 199 



Picked Dog-Fish, and Smooth Honnd 200 



Angel-Fish 205 



BATS. 

 Common Skate, and Eyed Torpedo. . 207 



Thornback Skate 209 



SPINE-FINNED FISHES. 

 Three-Spined Stickleback, and Fif- 

 teen-Spined Stickleback, with Nest 213 



Giant Perch, and Common Perch 218 



Three-Spotted Wrasse 223 



Surmullet 226 



Braize, and Young Gilt Head 227 



SCALY-FINNED FISHES. 



Spotted Scorpion-Fish 232 



Bull-Head 234 



Sapphirine Gurnard 236 



Mediterranean Uranoscopus, and 



Great Weaver Fish 239 



Arapaima 240 



Becuna, and Fishing Frog 242 



Silvery Hair Tail 244 



Mackerel, and Horse Mackerel 245 



