1890.] HELODERJIA SUSPECTUM. 241 



(41) 1882. Yarrow (H. C.).— Bulletin of the U.S. National 



Museum, No. 24, pp. 9 & 48. — (Name of H. suspectum 

 occurs in list of N.-American Reptiles.) 



(42) 1882. ScLATER (Philip Lutley). — Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 



p. 630. — (Remarks : — " 3. A Heloderm Lizard {Heloderma 

 suspectum) from Arizona, presented bv Sir John Lubbock, 

 Bart., M.P., F.R.S., F.Z.S., July 16."" 



" This Lizard, which is new to the collection, is remark- 

 able as belonging to the only positivelv known venomous 

 form of the Lacertilian Order. It has been ascertained by 

 actual experiment that its bite is fatal to small mammals.") 



(43) 1882. BouLENGER (George Albert). — Loc. cit. p. 631. — 



(Remarks : — " I may add that Heloderma is probably not 

 the only poisonous lizard. Lanthanotus borneensis, a pretty 

 close ally of this lizard, described four years ago by Dr. 

 Steindachner, exhibits, according to that author, a similar 

 dentition.") 



(44) 1882. Fischer (J. G.). — Anatomische Notizen iiber He- 



loderma horridum, Wiegm. Verhandl. des Vereins fiir 

 naturw. Unterhaltung zn Hamburg, Bd. v. p. 2, plate iii. 

 — (Comments upon and glees drawings of the poison-glands 

 in the Heloderma.) 

 (45)1882. Hoffmann (C. K.). — Reptilien : in Bronn's Klassen 

 und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. Bd. vi., iii. Abth. 30-32 

 Lieferung, pp. 890-892 ; and loc. cit. 33 and 34 Lieferung, 

 Taf. Ixsxxvii. fig. 2. — (The author reproduces Fischer's figure 

 of the dissection of the poison-glands in a Heloderma, and 

 comments upon them and the affinities of the Reptile.) 



(46) 1882. Shufeldt (R. W.).— "The Bite of the Gila Monster 



{Heloderma suspectum).'" The American Naturalist, Phila- 

 delphia. November; pp. 907, 908. — (The author of the 

 paper was severely bitten by an adult specimen of the Helo- 

 derma suspectum, and although much pain and grave 

 symptoms immediately supervened, the results passed entirely 

 away in a few days with barely any treatment.) 



(47) 1882. 'Nature.' "London. A^ol. xxvii. No. 685; Dec. 14, 



pp. 153, 154, fig. 28. — (Some very excellent remarks upon 

 the two species of Heloderma, and also a good woodcut of 

 the reptile.) 



(48) 1882. Fayrek (Sir Joseph). — Proceedings of the Zoological 



Society of London, p. 632. — (Has reference to the poisonous 

 effects of the bite of the Heloderma.) 



(49) Garman (Samuel). — The Reptiles and Batrachians of North 



America. Published by the permission of the Kentucky 

 Geological Survey. P. xi. — (In some respects a good account 

 of Heloderma, but a few of the statements made in reference 

 to its habits do not apply, at least to H. suspectum.) 



(50) 1883. Mitchell (S. Weir) and Reichert (Edward T.). 



— Medical News, Feb. 10, and Science, vol. i. no. 13, p. 372. 

 — (Celebrated papers upon the examination of the poisonous 

 effects of the bite of Heloderma.) 



