1896.] Entomology. 413 



and figured in the proceedings of the Calif. Acad. Sci. Vol. V. 1895. 



Among the new fishes described during the past year is Razania 

 makua from the Hawaiian Islands. The species is very rare, only two 

 specimens being known. It is a deep-sea fish by habit, ami is .spe- 

 cially remarkable for its rapidity in swimming. A colored plate 

 accompanies the description given by Mr. O. P. Jenkins in the Pro- 

 ceeds. Calif. Acad. Sci. Vol. V, 1895. 



Two new genera and species of fishes, belonging to the family Per- 

 cophidae, are reported from Australia, by J. I). Ogilby. They are 

 described by him under the names Centropercis nudivlttis and Tro- 

 pidostethus rothophilus. The latter are surf-fishes, never descending to 

 the bottom, but swimming a few inches beneath the surface of the 

 water. (Proceeds. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) Vol. X. Pt. 2, 1895.) 



In an examination of 52 specimens of Vipera berus from Denmark, 

 Mr. Boulenger finds a wide range of individual variation. The differ- 

 ences observed are in the shape of the snout, the scaling of the head, 

 body and tail, size and coloration. The observations as to color con- 

 firm those previously made by Geithe in Germany. (Zoologist, 1895.) 



The same author in a recent classification of the American Box 

 Tortoises in the British Museum, adopts Baur's definitions of species 

 and distinguishes six of which he gives a synopsis. He holds to the 

 generic name of Cistudo although it has been shown that Terrapene 

 has priority. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1895.) 



ENTOMOLOGY. 1 



A New Diplopod Fauna in Liberia. — From the west coast of 

 Africa large numbers of Diplopoda are already known, and yet very 

 little of the vast extent of territory has been thoroughly searched for 

 members of this group. In connection with an attempted exploration 

 of Liberia under the auspicies of the New York State Colonization 

 Society, there has been an opportunity for careful collecting in the 

 western part of that country, some of the results of which are here 

 offered. The majority of Liberian Diplopoda belong to the suborder 

 Polydesmoidea. The only other families represented are the Polyxen- 

 ida>, Stemmatoiulidie, Spirostreptidae and Spirobolidse, and these offer 

 no very remarkable novelty in structure or form. This is in strong 

 contrast to the great number and variety of Polydesmoidea ; indeed it 



1 Edited by Clarence M. Weed, New Hampshire College, Durham, X. H. 

 29 



