1887.] on the Pineal Eye in Lizards. 27 



peculiarly interesting to note that at the present day it is found most 

 highly developed in Hatteria, which, sheltered from competition of 

 surrounding forms in its island home in New Zealand, has retained 

 this, amongst other archaic features, pointing to its close alliance with 

 the extinct reptilian fauna of Mesozoic times. 



[W. B. S.] 



