BihliograpMcal Notice. 463 



millim. 



Total length 186 



Head , 10 



Width of head 6 



Body 44 



Fore limb 15 



Hind limb 21 



Tail 122 



Several specimens, from Taiwanfoo and Central Formosa. 



Homaloptera formosana. 



Body much depressed, nearly twice as broad as deep ; 

 depth of body 7 times in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Snout broad and rounded, strongly depressed, sharp-edged ; 

 distance of eye from end of snout 3 times its diameter, from 

 opercular border 2 times ; interorbital width 2^ times in length 

 of head ; upper lip fringed, barbels small, simple, subequal. 

 Dorsal with 8 rays, originating above anterior third of base 

 of ventrals, and slightly nearer end of snout than base of 

 caudal. Anal very small, with 6 rays. Pectorals extending 

 to origin of ventrals. Lower caudal lobe a little longer than 

 upper. Scales very small ; breast and belly naked ; lat. 1. 70. 

 Dark olive above, pale-dotted ; lemon-yellow beneath ; 

 vertical fins barred. 



Total length 90 millim. 



A single specimen, from Central Formosa. 



BIBLIOGHAPHICAL NOTICE. 



Elements de Paleontologies par Felix Beenard, D. ea Sci. &c. 

 Seconde Partie (pages 529-1168). Titlepage, Preface, and Index. 

 With 251 figures in the text. 8vo. Bailhere, Paris, 1895 {sic). 



The First Part of this useful work was duly noticed by us in June 

 1893. In this Second Part we have (1) the Mollusks, continuing 

 the Lamellibranchs, and treating of the Scaphopods and Cephalopods ; 

 (2) the Vertebrates, divided into Fishes, Batrachiaus, Eeptiles, Birds, 

 and Mammals, Further, it contains nearly 90 pages devoted to 

 the palaeontology of Plants, which are grouped as : 1. Thallophytes, 

 2. Mosses, 3. Vascular Cryptogams, and 4. Phanerogams, — the last 

 being the Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Their phylogeny and 

 geological distribution are carefully explained, as is also the case 

 with the several great groups of fossil animals. Their range in 

 time, as proved by their occurrence in geological formations and in 

 existing habitats, is shown in numerous successive tabular diagrams 

 of the usual kind with improved details. 



This manual or text-book of palaeontology has been, of course, 

 prepared more especially for the use of French students. Conti- 



