1890.] HKLODERMA StlSPECTUM. 23i) 



(28) 1873. SuMTCHRAST (F). — "Coup fl'ccil sur la distribution 



geoj^raphique dcs reptiles au Mexique." Bibl. univers. et Kevue 

 Suisse, Archives Scien. Phys. et Nat. t. xlvi. pp. 233-2.">0. — 

 (In speaking of certain reptiles and their distribution, he 



adds: — "d'autres soiit particulieres a celle du 



Pacifiqueet parmiellesil faut citer d'abord I'Heloderme, HeL 

 /lorridum: ce curieux reptile que quelques naturalistes 

 considerent comme un membre de la famille paleotro])'cale 

 des Varanides, mais qui formera sans doute plus tard le 

 tv])e d'\in groups particulier, le Cydura q-ainque-carinata 

 {Enyaliosanrus, Grray), etc.") 



(29) 1875. Yarrow (H. C). — Report upon the Collections of 



Batrachians and Reptiles made in portions of Nevada, Utah, 

 California, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 

 1872, 1873, and 1874. U.S. Geographical Survey West of 

 the 100th Meridian. (Lieutenant Geo. M. Wheeler, U.S.A., 

 in charge). Pp. 562, 563. — (Refers to a specimen of H. sus- 

 2iectum taken on the Route of the Expedition, and disclaims 

 any belief in the fact that its bite is poisonous or dangerous.) 



(30) 1875. Blanchard (Em.).— " Observations sur les moeurs de 



V Hehdenna horridum, Wiegm., par M. F. Sumichrast ; 

 Note de M. Bocourt presentee par M. Em. Blanchard." 

 Comptes rendus des seances d'Academie des Sciences, 

 torn. Ixxx. p. %7^. — (Brief observations upon experiments 

 with the bite of the Heloderm.) 



(31) 1875. Cope (E. D.).— ' Bulletin,' United States National 



Museum, No. 1, pp. 19 and 47.— (Places the /?e/o6?erwff^«V/(2 

 (group b. Di])lo(/.fossa) with his Fleurodonta ; an4 on p. 47 

 gives the habitat of H. suspectum as the Sonoran region.) 



(32) 1875. Bocourt (F.). — Comptes rendus des seances de 



IWcademie des Sciences, tom. Ixsx. p. Q7&. — (Details of 

 habits and experiments tending to show the venomous nature 

 of the bite of this Lisard, from the observations of Sumi- 

 chrast. This author also refers to the nauseous odour of 

 //. horridum.^ 



(33) 1876. Wallace (Alfred Russel). — The Geographical 



Distribution of Animals. Vol. ii. p. 390. — (Notes upon the 

 distribution of the HelodermatidcB.) 



(34) 1878. DuM^RiL (Aug. M. C.) and Bocourt (F.). — Mission 



scientifique au Mexique et dans TAme'rique Centrale, Pt. iii. 

 pp. 287-302, pi 20 E. figs. 1-13, and pi. 2i) G. figs. 1, 3, 3 a, 

 S/j, 6, 6 a, 7, 7 a, 8-1 1 a. — (A very excellent account of 

 //. horridum, with a brief resume of all that appeared to be 

 known of the reptile up to the date of issue of this work, 

 and illustrated by valuable figures in the plates.) 

 {3.5) 1878. Steindachner (Franz). — Denkschriften der kaiser- 

 lichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Wien), 38 Band, 

 p. 95. — (In this place are described some reptiles new to 

 science, and for one of them {Lanthanotus borneensis) a new 

 family is created (Lanthanotid<e), of which the author of the 



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