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(28) 1873. SuMiCHRAST (F).— "Coup d'ceil s.ir la distribution 



geographiquc des reptiles au Mexique." Bibl. univers. et Hevue 

 Suisse, Archives Scien. Plijs. et Nat. t. xlvi. pp. 233-2.')0.— 

 (In speaking of certain reptiles and their distribution, he 



^dtlf:— "d'autres sont particulieres a celle du 



Pacifique et parmi elles il faut citer d'abord I'Heloderme, Hel. 

 /lorndim: ce curieux reptile que quelques naturalistes 

 considerent comme un membre de la famille paleotropicale 

 des Yaranides, mais qui formera sans doute plus tard le 

 type d'nn groupe particulier, le Cyclura quinque-carinata 

 {Enyaliosaurus, Grray), etc.") 



(29) 1875. Yarrow (H. C.).— Report upon the Collections of 



Batrachians and Reptiles made in portions of Nevada, Utah, 

 California, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 

 1872, 1873, and 1874. U.S. Geographical Survey West of 

 the 100th Meridian. (Lieutenant Geo. M. Wheeler, U S '^ 

 in charge). Pp. 562, 563.— (Refers to a specimen of H. sus- 

 2^ectum taken on the Route of the Expedition, and disclaims 

 any belief in the fact that its bite is poisonous or dangerous.) 



(30) 1875. Blanchard (Em.).— " Observations sur les mceurs de 



VHeloderma horridum, Wiegm., par M. F. Sumichrast ; 

 Note de M. Bocourt pre'sentee par M. Em. Blanchard." 

 Comptes rendus des seances d'Academie des Sciences, 

 torn. Ixxx. p. 676. — (Brief observations upon experiments 

 with the bite of the Heloderm.) 



(31) 1875. Cope (E. D.).— ' Bulletin,' United States National 



Museum, No. 1, pp. 19 and J7.— (Places the//e/o6/erw«<iV/re 

 (group b. Biploi/lossa) «itb his Fleurodonta ; and on p. -47 

 gives the habitat of H. suspectum as the Sonoran region.) 



(32) 1875. Bocourt (F.). — Comptes rendus des seances de 



I'Academie des Sciences, tom. Ixxx. p. 676.— (Details of 

 habits and experiments tending to show the venomous nature 

 ot the bite of this Lizard, from the observations of Sumi- 

 chrast. This author also refers to the nauseous odour of 

 //. horridum.') 

 (3.3) 1876. Wallace (Alfred Russel). — The Geographical 

 Distribution of Animals. Vol. ii. p. 390.~(Notes upon the 

 distribution of the Relodermatidce.) 



(34) 1878. DuMERiL (Aug. M. C.) and Bocourt (F.).— Mission 



scientifique au Mexique et dans I'Amerique Centrale. Pt iii 

 pp. 287-302, pi. 20 E. figs. 1-13, and pi. 20 G. figs. 1,3 3 u' 

 •6 b, 6, 6 a, 7, 7 a, 8-1 1 a.— (A very excellent account of 

 H. horridum, with a hvid resume of all that appeared to be 

 known of the reptile up to the date of issue of this work 

 and illustrated by valuable figures in the plates.) 



(35) 1878. Steindachner (Franz).— Denkschiiften der kaiser- 



lichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Wien), 38 Band, 

 p. 95.— (In this place are described some reptiles new to 

 science, and for one of them {Lanthanotus borneensis) a new 

 laniily is created (La>it/ianotidce), of which the author of the 



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