12 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



approaches, even if one has a stock of blue-bottles 

 hatched artificially, they usually die. It is necessary 

 to supply all reptiles with water, and certain species will 

 require spraying with water to keep them satisfactorily. 

 This is particularly the case with Mastigures. 



Phrynosoma is not an easy species to keep, but very 

 much more difficult is the skink (Scincus officinalis), 

 which requires a very high temperature and an 

 abundance of sunlight. 



One could expand notes and memories of strange 

 happenings while observing various species of the 

 reptilia while in captivity, but what strikes one most in 

 this group is the keenness of its members and their ever 

 alert watch on their surroundings, and they help to make 

 us realize what an earth peopled with the monsters of the 

 past must have been, and, incidentally, what small 

 chances the human race would have had in conflict with 

 them. 



