DEPARTMHNT OF REPTILES AND BATRACHtANS. 2l7 



(3) Auuotated List of Reptiles and Hatiachiiiiis colleeted l>y Dr. ('. Hart Merriam 

 and Party in Idaho, 1890. 



(4) Crotalus pyrrhus in California. 



(5) Description of a New Species of Chameleon from Kilima-Njaro, Eastern Af- 

 rica. 



(G) Description of a New North Amerii^an Lizard of the Genus SaliromalUs. 



(7) Description of a New Species of Lizard irom the Island t)f San Pedro Mal'tir, 

 Gulf of California. 



(8) Directions for Collecting Rejitiles and Batrachians. 



(9) Descriptions of a New Scincoid Lizard from East Africa. 



(10) Notes on Sceloporus variabilis and its Geographical Distribution in the 

 United States. 



Darinj»- the earlier part of the year the curator had the temporary 

 assistance of Mr. F. H. Garrison, who attended to the work of trans- 

 ferring the specimens from the basement to the new quarters. 



In November, 1890, liowever, Mr. Frederick C. Test, a graduate of the 

 Indiana State University, was appointed an aid, and assigned to this 

 dejtartment for one-lialf of his official time, the other halt to be de- 

 voted to work on the new supplement to the " Nomenclator Zoologi- 

 cns." When time could be spared from the loutine work he made 

 some investigations bearing upon the dentition of Desmof/iiathus fii.sciis 

 and upon the geographical distribution and variation of Ilijla re(jilla^ 



He was joint author with the curator of the second paper of the list 

 gi\'(Mi above, an<l he also i)re]>ared the illustrations accompanying it. 



Owing- to the fact that a great deal of the material belonging to the 

 Museum is at present in Prof, dope's possession in Philadelphia, it has 

 been found impossible to gi\'e accurate census of the herpetological 

 specimens of the Museum. 



In preparing the following estimate, that of last year has been taken 

 as a basis, deducting those si^ecimens wliich have been disposed of by 

 ♦'xchange, or otherwise, and adding the nuni!)er of those catalogued 

 during the year. Such an estimate would show the .status of the c<»l 

 lection on June P)0, IS91, to be as follows: 



Speciuieus. 



Reserve series 14, 878 



Duplicate series 8, 744 



Unassorted and exotic (J, 313 



( Jrand total ^19, 935 



Last catalogue entry in June, LSIK), is >Jo. KiUl'S; last entry in .)une, 

 1891, llVMi. 



