218 Mr. E. C. Chubb on Batrachia and 



L. portlandicus, Thompson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, vol. v. 



p. 50 (1860). 

 L. hancocki, Norman, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 018 



(1877). 



L. eisigii, Trinchese, Rendiconti dell' Accad. delle Scienze 

 fisic. e matemat. di Napoli, Anno xxii. pp. 92- ( J4 (1883). 



As the name of the oldest component of the group of species 

 here fused into one is clearly Alder and Hancock's L. marmo- 

 ratus, that name must take precedence of Verany's L. genei. 

 It is true that Yerany all but anticipated Alder and Hancock 

 in naming the first species of the genus when he dedicated to 

 Prof. Gene at the Milan Congress of 18-44 the nudibranch on 

 which the genus was founded. But, however clear was bis 

 intention, he did not definitely give effect to it until 1846, 

 when for the first time he assigned a Latin binomial to the 

 animal. 



The genu3 Lomanotus has a range in latitude of some 19^ 

 degrees, from Naples to Whalsey Skerries in the Shetlands, 

 and a range in depth from 1 fathom in West Galway to 

 upwards of 135 fathoms in the Gulf of Genoa. The first of 

 the two species here accepted occupies in one or other of its 

 forms the whole range of the genus, while the second species, 

 L. eisigii, so far as I can ascertain, is confined to the Bay of 

 Naples. 



In conclusion, I wish to express my indebtedness to 

 Dr. Scharff and to Mr. A. R. Nichols, of the Dublin Natural 

 History Museum, as well as to Dr. Daydon Jackson, Secre- 

 tary of the Linnean Society, and to Mr. R. W. Scully, F.L.S., 

 for kind assistance given me in tracing and obtaining 

 transcripts from some of the less accessible works here quoted 

 from. 



XXI. — List of Batrachia and Reptilia collected in Northern 

 Matabeleland. By E. C. Chubb, F.Z.S. 



This material was collected for the Rhodesia Museum dming 

 November and the first week of December, 1907, while I 

 was on an expedition to the Kana River, about 200 miles 

 north of Bulawayo. A considerable amount of rain fell 

 towards the end of November, with the result that great 

 numbers of frogs and not a few tortoises made their 

 appearance. 



