284 Canon A. M. Norman and Dr. T. Scott on 



Of the new species described the types of only two are 

 figured witli sufficient clearness to be recognizable, and both 

 these prove to be identical with quite common species. 

 Cohiher fasciatus of Rosen is based on a Drymohius Bod- 

 daertn, var. L'nppi'i, Gtlir., and the snake from Java named 

 after Piof. Lilljeborg, and for which a new genus is proposed 

 tinder tlie preoccupied name Anisodon, is a Fsammodi/nastes 

 jiuheruhntus. Probably many of the other determinations, 

 if they were looked into by a competent iierpetologist, would 

 be found to be unreliable. 



There is, however, one case in whicli the identification 

 cannot be questioned, and that is the common Chrysojyelea 

 ornata fignitd on pi. xi. fig. 1. Of this snake 1 iiave 

 examined the vertebrie in several specimens, in spirit or 

 prepared as skeletons, and I cannot find more than a keel 

 under the posterior precaudal vertebrae, which are figured by 

 ]\Ir. Eos(in as with strongly developed hypapopliyses (p. 171, 

 fig. d). As this snake is quite common in collections, and 

 the necessary examination can easily be made on a spirit- 

 specimen, I would invite any reader who may be interested 

 in this matter to verify my statement. 



XXXII T, — Crufitacea Copopoda new to Science from Devon 

 and Cornirall. By Canon A. M. NoRMAN, F.R.S., and 

 Thomas Scott, LL.D., F.L.S. 



We are preparing for publication a catalogue of tlie Crustacea 

 of Devon and Cornwall. In that catalogue, while both 

 authors are concerned in tlie whole^ Dr. trcott will more 

 es])ecially undertake the part which relates to the free-living 

 Coj^epoda, while tlie rest of the Crustacea will be chiefly 

 treated of by Canon Norman. We have thought it de:<irable 

 to publish the following preliminary descri|)tions of some new 

 species of minute Copepoda. They were collected by Canon 

 Norman during visits to the Devon and Cornish coasts in the 

 years 3 875, 1884, 1889, 1903, and 1904. 



Genus Stenhelia, Boeck, 1864. 



StenJieKa pygmma, sp. n. 



Description of the female, — Body moderately stout and 

 tapering slightly towards the posterior end. The specimen 

 from which the description is ja-epared was only "SG mm. 



