B92 Miscelianeous. 
wards the anus on the under surface there was a silvery line, with 
pale bluish-grey spots. 
No beard under the eyes. The general form of the glands resem- 
bles little quilts in the skin: those towards the anus were roundish 
and tuberculous, and form a little triangular row immediately above 
the vent ; on the belly they were entirely linear. The inner row on 
the dorsal surface bifurcates into two at the throat, the outer row 
approaching nearer the eye, and the two inner receding towards the 
centre. On the dorsal line between the three lateral rows are two- 
minute semituberculate linear glands. In other respects the descrip- 
tion accords with yours in the ‘ Annals.’ 
Female specimen, with nearly mature ova. Caught in February. 
In the Baaken’s River, near Port Elizabeth, the commonest kind 
corresponds to your grey specimens, and is small in size. I think 
T have seen the same here, but have never minutely examined them. 
My specimens are in the Museum at Port Elizabeth. 
I have seen a specimen similar to that described, only larger and 
of a much paler and yellower colour, in the Eland’s River at Uiten- 
hage. It was feeding on a dead baboon ; but I could not capture it. 
I caught, the other day, a smaller specimen than that described, with 
very faint spots; but the glands were very large, and almost all 
quite round. I unfortunately lost it, or I would have described it. 
The Dactylethre are called by the Dutch “ Platanas,’”’ and by the 
Kafirs “Izeyla.” They live at the bottom of muddy pools, or 
*““zeekoe gattes,”’ as they are called here, and are exceedingly vora- 
cious; they and the crabs give the fisherman a deal of trouble, by 
taking his baits when fishing for eels. ‘They are exceedingly slimy 
and disgusting to handle, and are usually found in deep water. It 
is amusing to see them rise to take breath ; they just pop their heads 
out, and you hear a piff, as of a jet of gas. 
Mr. R. Hallack, of Port Elizabeth, told me that he was much sur- 
prised, one wet season, to see numbers about his yard, as there was 
no pool or stream in the neighbourhood ; and he could not conceive 
where they came from, as he had never seen them before there ; nor 
has he seen them since. 
I trust I shall shortly be able to send you some more information. 
I know nothing about their larvee. Hoping that this may prove of 
some interest, 
Believe me, dear Sir, 
Faithfully yours, 
J. P. MAnsELt VEALE. 
Eland’s Drift, near Adelaide. 
March 6, 1866, 
On the Occurrence of Bones of Marmots near Graz. 
By Professor Oscar ScumMtpT. 
In the immediate vicinity of Graz, on the Rainerkogel, about 
200 feet above the Mur, an old Marmot-dwelling has been discovered, 
with the skeletons of four individuals, belonging to three generations. 
