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species, Ral. melanurus, " fusco-ardosiaceus ; collo supra brunneo ; 

 dorso, alisque brunneo-olivaceis; remigibus rufescentibus ; tectri- 

 cibus alarum iiiferioribus rufis nigro-fasciatis ; uropygio, crisso, 

 caudaque nigris ;" and is nearly allied to the Ral. chiricote of 

 Vieillot, of which the following character is given, " capite coUo- 

 que plumbeis ; dorso, alisque brunneo-olivaceis ; remigibus rufes- 

 centibus ; tectricibus alarum inferioribus rufis nigro-fasciatis ; pec- 

 tore, abdoniineque pallida rufis ; uropygio, crisso, cauda, femori- 

 busque nigris." 



The " Description of a new species of Salamander ; by Jacob 

 Green," is that of the Salamandra tigrina^ " cauda longiuscula : 

 corpora, supra nigricante cum maculis flavis, subtus cinereo et 

 luteolo." It is closely allied to the Sal. subviolacea of Barton, 

 and has also some resemblance to the Sal. terrestris of Europe, but 

 wants the tubercles on the skin possessed by the latter. 



Another paper on the Reptilia is from the pen of Dr. Harlan. 

 It is entitled " Description of a variety of Coluber fulvius, L., a 

 new species of Scincus, and two new species of Salamandra.** 

 The variety of the Coluber is described as having eighteen deep 

 black rings, with as many scarlet or blood-red intervening ones, 

 separated by narrow rings of whitish-yellow bands. The Scincus 

 is the Sc. unicolor, which is dark silvery gray throughout; with 

 the head small ; the snout acute ; and the tail about the length of 

 the body. The Salamandra are the Sal. ci/lindracea, " blackish, 

 clouded with confluent white blotches on the sides ; head thick 

 and oval ; tail cylindrical, longer than the body ; all the toes 

 fissile:" and the Sal. symmetrica^ " dusky -brown or fuscous 

 above ; orange-yellow beneath ; a row of deep orange-coloured 

 spots on each side of the spine, symmetrically arranged ; tail com- 

 pressed, longer than the body." Both the latter inhabit South 

 Carolina. 



For the ichthyologieal papers the Academy is indebted solely 

 to C. A. Lesueur. They consist of the " Description of a new 

 species of the genus Saurus," the S. minutus from the Isle of 

 France, a figure of which is given : " Descriptions of four new 

 species oiMuranophis" the Murr. macularia, Zebra, and ocellata, 

 from Barbadoes, all of which are figured, and the Mur. Bengalen^ 



