2 University of Michigan 



'metacarpal of poUux developed into a sharp and powerful 

 spur." Roiia hulsti Blgr. is the type species, the only other in- 

 cluded being Ra>Hi siibaspcra Barbour. This is the total con- 

 tents. 



2. Herpetological Notices | No. 2 — June 28, 1912 | Pro- 

 drome of Description of New Species of Reptilia and Batrachia 

 I from the Far East | by | Surgeon J. C. Thompson, L'. S. N. \ 

 San Francisco | Published by the .\uthor | 1912. 



Again the title page is page 1, while upon pages 2, 3 and 

 4 the following forms are named. Hyla hallowelli from 

 Amamioshima and Kikaigashima in the LooChoo Islands, the 

 type being No. 23808, collection of the California Academy of 

 Sciences. A note follows showing that Tachydroiiius for- 

 iiiosaiius Blgr. is a valid species. Then under the heading 

 Lygosonia indica (Gray) we read that Formosan specimens 

 may be separated by certain definite characters from those 

 upon the mainland, and the remark is added, "Should this 

 ■\ariation be set apart from L. indica it is to be known as 

 Lxgosoiua formosensis. The type will be No. 1S627 California 

 Academy of Sciences." 



Then follow diagnoses of Lygosonia incognita, new 

 species, type Cal. Ac. Sci. No. 18700; Lygosonia okiinnrnsis, 

 new species, type Cal. Ac. Sci. No. 21537; Lygosonia stiinl^- 

 sonii, new species, type Cal. Ac. Sci. No. 21645. 



The final paragraph gives the reader a clue to the i)OSsible 

 leason why these leaflets have appeared. We read after a 

 few lines showing that the specimens of Bmncccs niarginatiis 

 (Hallowell) from Amamioshima and Kikaigashima are con- 

 stantly different from those upon Okinawashima and the 

 islands nearby, the following : — "For those who feel the neces- 

 sity of giving to such a geographical variation a new name, or 

 of promoting it to subspecific rank, the name Bunicccs osJii- 



