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ty incus, Dum. Bibr. ; and in the latter, Acanthodactylus 

 capensis, n. sp., male and female; Platysaurus capensis. 

 11. gen. ; Gerrhosaurus subtessellatus, n. sp. ; Gerrh. 

 sepiformis, Dum. Bibr., and the heads and femoral pores of 

 the above-named species of Gerrhosaurus, to which also G. 

 lineatus and bifasciatus are added. The diagnoses of the 

 new species are given below. 



James Linsley gives a list of the Amphibia [Reptilia] of 

 Connecticut. (Silliman's American Journal, xlvi, p. 37.) 

 Altogether fifty-six Amphibia [Reptilia] are enumerated, 

 among which are thirteen Cheloniau, two Saurian, eighteen 

 Ophidian, eleven ecaudate and twelve caudate Batrachians. 

 Descriptions of the species are not given. 



Duvernoy, Fragmens sur les orgaues genito-urmaires des 

 reptiles et leurs produits. (Cotnptes rendus xix, p. 249, 

 285, 948.) This paper treats (1) on the vesical calculi of 

 the soft Chelonii ; (2) on the existence of fossil urolithes ; 

 (3) on the sexual organs of the male and female of the Sala- 

 mander and Tritons ; (4) on the kidneys of the Salamander 

 and Tritons. 



CHELONII. 



The only new Chelonians described are those above men- 

 tioned by Sal. Miiller and Schlegel, viz. Testudo emys, from 

 Sumatra, and Testudo Forstenii, from Gilolo. 



SAUBI. 



Rusconi (in Miiller's Archiv, 1844, p. 508) communicates 

 his observations on the African Chameleon, and shows that 

 this animal does not project its long, glutinous tongue 

 towards insects, from its erection in consequence of sangui- 

 neous congestion, but by the action of the muscles. This 

 projection takes place with great rapidity, and the stroke is 

 attended with a faint sound. A figure illustrates this account. 



A more detailed monograph on the Chameleon is promised. 



