is»6.] Zoology. 71 



Lamarck's species, published a half century later than Linnaeus' genus, 

 be the type of that genus ? The type of Pterorhytis Conrad (" Ptero- 

 hytis" Baker) is not Oeinebra nuttalli Conr. but Murex umbrifer. 

 Other mistakes of this nature occur, but we have not space to notice 



The citation of the pre-Linnsean "genera "of Klein is contrary to all 

 codes of nomenclature recognized by modern zoologists, and the con- 

 tinuation of such anomalies is to be deprecated. In retaining Tribuhu, 

 Pmtadaetglw, etc., as of Klein, Mr. Baker is clearly in error. 



Most, if not all of the innovations in nomenclature proposed in this 

 paper, are borrowed from Fischer and Dall. We find no new facts in 

 regard to either soft anatomy or shell structure in lhe entire article, so 

 that Mr. Baker's claims for originalty and modernness do not seem suf- 

 ficiently apparent to call for special remark. — H. A. Pilsbry. 



Herpetology of Angola.— The Herpetology of the Portugese pos- 

 session in Western Africa, just published by Barboza du Bocage at Lis- 

 bon comprises descriptions of 185 species, distributed as follows ; Chel- 

 onia 10, Loricata •>, Sauri:i ~u . Ophidia 74, Batrachia41. Ofthespec- 

 imens described, 62 species and varieties belong exclusively to the fauna 

 of Angola and Congo. In order to better appreciate the relation which 

 the herpetological fauna of these two areas bears to that of the rest of 

 Africa, a table of the geographical distribution of the species described 

 is given and forms an important adjunct to the paper. A number of 

 new specie- are described, and synonymy is corrected. The paper is 

 handsomely illustrated, and forms an important contribution to the 

 knowledge of the subject. 



Among the points of interest embraced in the paper are the discovery 

 of the new species: Najn ■ ■ ; ',<fiis. Ylprru herald- 



ica and Python anehieta >,; the southern range of the West African 

 Odeolcemiu tetraspes, Feyllnii currovil, Atheri tquamigera, and 

 Hylambates aubryi ; the northern range of the South African Mannas 

 macrolepis, Zonarus cordylns, etc. and westward range of the central 

 African Oatmts resimus. 



Zoological News. ;Birds. — In regard to the question of the value 

 of the forms of the tongues of birds for classification, Mr. F. A. Lucas 

 concludes that in the Woodpeckers the evidence favors the view that 

 the modifications of the tongue are directly related to the character of 

 the food, and are not of value for classification. (Bull. No. 7. Div. 

 Ornith. and Mam. U. S. Dept. Agric, 1895.) 



