HERPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. 543 



the date "Janv. 1838." In this part was also included Siebold's " Prgface sui\-ie d'un 

 apergu historique et phj-sique sur les reptiles du Japon" (pp. i-xxn, which is .signed 

 "Mai, 1838." As Wiegmann, in his " Leistiingen" for 1838 (Arch. Naturg., 1839, II, p. 

 38tj), complains that the Royal Library in Beriin had not as yet received the part in 

 question, it is plain that he knew of its publication iu 1838. It was re\-iewed in the 

 "Isls" for October, 1838 (pp. 852-854), hence its appearance must have been between 

 May and October; probably at the "Mlchaehsmesse" (September). 



It should be added, for the sake of completeness, that Tschudi, in a letter written not 

 later than August, 1837, from Leiden (printed in Leonhardand Bronn's Neues Jarhbuch 

 fiir Mineralogie, etc., 1837, Pt. 5, Sept., pp. 545-547) says that "Im 7 Hefte der Fauna 

 japonica ist er schon abgebildet," meaning Schlegel's Salamandra maxima, which is con- 

 tained in the third part of the reptile volume. There is no doubt that the plates ar.d 

 possibly also the text of this part were finished in 1837, and we know that Schlegel dis- 

 tributed a few copies of the plate in question during that year, but Tschudi's statement 

 does not invalidate the contention that the part as such was not published until the 

 Michaelismesse of 1838. 



It wU be seen that the dates of publication of the herpetological parts of Fauna 

 Japonica differ somewhat from those given by Sherborn and Jentink.a 



They may be tabulated as follows; 

 Chelonii 



pp. 1-SO, pis. i-ix 1835 (Ostermesse?) 



Ophidii (+Coup d'oeil) 



pp. 81-93, pis. i-x..| 1837 (Ostermesse) 



pp. I-XXX ) 



Saurii et Batrachii 



pp. 85-144, pis. I-VIII 1838 (Michaelismesse?) 



1877. Troschel [F. H.]. Ueber Onychodactylus japonicus Bonap. Arch. Naturg. 

 XLIII, Pt. 1, pp. 199-215, pi. XV. 



Elaborate history, synonym}', and descriptions of male and female adults, male 

 and female larvae. 



1837. Tschudi, J. J. Ueberden Homo diluvii testis, Aiidrias .Scheuchzeri. Neues 

 Jahrbuch fiir Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologieund Petrefactenkunde (Leon- 

 hard and Bronn, editors, Stuttgart), 1837, Pt. 5, Sept., pp. 545-547. 



The generic names MegalobatTachus and Andrias are first proposed in this paper. 



1902. Wall, F. Extraordinary magnitude of a snake's meal. Journ. Bombay Nat. 



Hist. Soc., XIV [•?], p. 375, pi. 



Elaphis rirgatus swallowing a Lcpus brachiurus near Arima, Japan. 



1903. Wall, F. A Prodromus of the snakes hitherto recorded from China, Japan, 



and the Loo Choo Islands; with some notes. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1903, 

 pp. 84-102. 



Part 1. List of Chinese Ophidia [including Formosan], pp. 85-99. 



Part 2. List of Japanese and Loo Choo Islands Ophidia. pp. 99-102. 



1906. W^\ll, F. Notes on a Collection of Snakes from Japan and the Loo Choo 



Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1905, Il,pp. 511-517. 

 1864. Wallace, Alfred R. On some Anomalies in Zoological and Botanical Geog- 

 raphy. Natural History Review (^ Loudon and Edinburgh), IV. No. xiii, 

 Jan., 1864, pp. 111-123. 



On pp. 114-115 Mr. Wallace endeavors to expbiin how it is "that the snakes of Japan 

 are Indian and the batrachians Palsearctic." 



1904. Werner, Franz. Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China 



in der Zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in Miinchen. II. China. Abh. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss. (Munchen), II Klasse, XXII, Pt. 2, pp. 353-380. 

 1903. Yamada, YosHiSABURO. Ilatakedojo ni tsukite. [Ethology and description of 

 Hynobius nebulosus.] Dobutsugaku Zasslii, Tokyo. XV, 1903 (pp. 73-75). 

 Not seen. Title from Int. Cat Sci. Lit., Zo< 1., 1903, Pt. 1, p. 429, and Pt. 3, p. 119. 



a Proc. Zool. Soc. London. J 895, j). 149. 



