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Gen. Echidna Merrem. 



Echidna arietans Merrem, Puffadder, D. & B. torn. v. p. 1425. One very 

 fine specimen. Taken near Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 1853. 

 Purchased. 



Aglyphodontes. 



Coronella cana D. & B. One' specimen. Taken near Simon's Town, Oct. 

 1858. Lieut. Van Wyck. 



Homalosoma LHTRix D. & B., torn. vii. p. 110, One specimen. Found 

 under stones on the hill's head, Simon's town, Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 

 1853. 17. S. 



Epanodontiens. 

 Onychocephalus. 

 Onychocephalds delalandii D. & B., torn. vi. p. 573. One specimen. 



B ATRAC HI A. 

 RANIDJE. 



Rana Grayii Smith, Zoology of South Africa. PI. 78, fig. 2. Common in 

 moist grounds. Five specimens. 



Madeira. 

 SAURIA. 



Lezards Lacertiens ou Autosaures D. & B. 



Ccehdontes Leiodactyles. 



Gen. Lacerta. 



Lacerta dugesii Milne- Edwards, Am. Sc. Nat., torn. xvi. p. 84, tab. 6, fig. 2. 



Lacerta maderensis Fitz., Neu. Class, der Rept. p. 51. 



Lacerta dugesi D. & B., torn. v. p. 236. 



Habitat. Madeira. Seven specimens. Five adult, two young. In one of 

 tin- young specimens the black lateral bands are destitute of yellow spots. 

 Taken at the Island of Madeira, July, 1853. (C. Ames.) 



BATRACHTANS. 



Ranid.e. 



Rana viridis Roesel. Rana maratima Risso. Two specimens. 

 Habitat. Madeira. The spots upon the back do not appear to be so 

 numerous as in the European specimens of R. viridis. 



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