588 Analytical Notices of Books. 



species, Ral. melanurus, " fusco-ardosiaceus ; collo supra brunneo ; 

 dorso, alisque brunneo-olivaceis; remigibus rufescentibus ; tectri- 

 cibus alarum inferioribus rufis nigro-fasciatis ; uropygio, crisso, 

 caudaque nigris;" and is nearly allied to the RaL chiricote of 

 Vieillot, of which the following character is given, " capite collo- 

 qiie plumbeis ; dorso, alisque brunneo-olivaceis ; remigibus rufes- 

 centibus ; tectricibus alarum inferioribus rufis nigro-fasciatis ; pec- 

 tore, abdomineque pallide rufis ; uropygio, crisso, cauda, femori- 

 busque nigris." 



The " Description of a new species of Salamander ; by Jacob 

 Green," is that of the Salamandra iigrina, " cauda longiuscula : 

 corpore, supra nigricante cum maculis flavis, subtus cinereo et 

 luteolo." It is closely allied to the Sal, subviolacea of Barton, 

 and has also some resemblance to thecal, terrestr is of Europe^ but 

 wants the tubercles on the skin possessed by the latter. 



Another paper on the Reptilia is from the pen of Dr. Harlan. 

 It is entitled *' Description of a variety of Coluber fulvius^ L., a 

 new species of Scincus^ and two new species of Salamandra" 

 The variety of the Coluber is described as having eighteen deep 

 black rings, with as many scarlet or blood-red intervening ones, 

 separated by narrow rings of whitish-yellow bands. The Scincus 

 is the Sc, unicolor^ which is darit silvery gray throughout ; with 

 the head small ; the snout acute ; and the tail about the length of 

 the body. The Salamandra are the Sal. cylindracea^ '^ blackish, 

 clouded with confluent white blotches on the sides ; head thick 

 and oval; tail cylindrical, longer than the body; all the toes 

 fissile;" and the Sal. symmetrica^ " dusky -brown or fuscous 

 above; orange-yellow beneath; a row of deep orange-coloured 

 spots on each side of the spine, symmetrically arranged ; tail com- 

 pressed, longer than the body," Both the latter inhabit South 

 Carolina. 



For the ichthyological papers the Academy is indebted solely 

 to C. A. Lesueur. They consist of the " Description of a new 

 species of the genus Saurus," the S. minutus from the Isle of 

 France, a figure of which is given : '' Descriptions of four new 

 species of Muranophis,''^ the Murr. macularia^ Zebra, and ocellatOy 

 from Barbadoes, all of which are figured, and the Mur, Bengalen» 



