REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 



119 



RiDGWAY, Robert — Continued. 



of the genera are illustrated by 119 

 outline drawings in the 34 plates 

 accompanying the volume. 



Zcledonia insuerata (p. 72), Sem- 

 narchus (p. 689), and Myiarchus 

 magistcr nclsoni (p. 90.3), are new. 



RiDGWAY, Robert — Continued. 



With the completion of this part, 

 the number of species and subspecies 

 described reaches a total of l,67.j, 

 or a little more than half of the 

 known forms of North and Middle 

 America. 



REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 



Hay, Oliver P. On three existing spe- 

 cies of sea-turtles, one of them (Ca- 

 retta remivaga) new. 



Proc. U. 8. yat. Mus. xxxiv. 

 No. 1605, May 4, 1908, pp. 

 183-198, pis. vi-xi. 

 Caretta remivuf/a, new species ; 

 type, No._9973, U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. All of the material upoa 

 which this paper is based is in the 

 National Museum. 



RuTHVEN, Alexander (i. Variations 

 and Genetic [ Relationships of the 

 I Garter-Snakes | by | Alexander G. 

 Ruthven | curator of the University 

 Museum. University of Michigan, 

 Ann Arbor | [seal] I Washington j 

 Government Printing Office | 1908. 

 Bull. r. 8. Xat. Mus. No. 61, 

 June 24, 1908, pp. i-xii, 

 1-201, pi. I, figs. 1-82. 

 A monographic treatment of the 

 genus TJiainno/jhia, tracing the prob- 

 able origin and genetic relation of 

 the various species and subspecies. 

 The paper is based largely upon 

 material in the National Museum, 

 and also on collections in the pos- 

 .session of the author, as well as in 

 the museums at Philadelphia, Chi- 

 cago, and New York. 



Stejneger, Leonhard. Herpetology 

 of Japan and ! Adjacent Territory | 

 by I Leonhard Stejneger | Curator, 

 Division of Reptiles and Batrachi- 

 ans I — I With 35 plates and 409 

 iu the text | [seal] | Wash- 

 Government Printing Office 



figures 

 iugton 

 ! 1907. 



Bull. U. 8. Xat. Mus., No. 58, 

 Aug. 9, 1907, pp. i-xx, 1-577, 

 pis. i-xxxv. figs. 1-409. 

 A full account of the batrachians 

 and reptiles of .Japan, including For- 

 mosa and Sakhalin, Korea, and Man- 

 churia, based upon the study of 

 more than 1.500 specimens, mostly 

 in the National Museum, but nu- 

 merous tyjjes and other specimens in 

 the British Museum and in the mu- 



Stejneger, Leonhard — Continued. 



seums of Tokyo, Leiden, Hamburg, 

 Frankfurt a/M, etc., were also ex- 

 amined. 



A new geckoid lizard from the 



Philippine Islands. 



Proc. V. 8. Xat. Mus. xxxiii. 

 No. 1576, Dec. 24, 1907, pp. 

 545, 546. 

 Luperosaurus macprcf/ori, new 

 species; type No. 36191, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



Two new species of toads from 



the Philippines. 



Proc. V. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii. 

 No. 1578. Feb. 18, 1908. pp. 

 573-576. 

 Phri/nixalus anulatus, new spe- 

 cies ; type. No. 35399 ; Kalophrynus 

 stellatus, new species ; type. No. 

 37375. U. S. National Museum. 



A new species of flying lizard 



from the Philippine Islands. 



Proc. r. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii. 



No. 1583. Feb. 29, 1908, pp. 



677-679. 



Draco mindanensis, new species; 



type. No. 37388, U. S. National 



Museum. 



Three new species of lizards 



from the Philippine Islands. 



Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus.. xxxiv. 

 No. 1606, May 4, 1908. pp. 

 199-204. 

 Sphenomorphus atrigularis, new 

 species; type. No. 37386, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum ; 8plienomorphus 

 steerei, new species ; type, No. 

 32658. TT. S. National Museum ; 

 T rapid opiior us misaminius; new spe- 

 cies : type. No. 37383, U. S. National 

 Museum. 



The status of the Japanese soft- 



shelled turtles. 



Science in. s.), xxvii. No. 697, 

 May 8. 1908. pp. 746-748. 

 Supplementary notes to the treat- 

 ment of the subject in The Her- 

 petology of Japan. 



