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Crise I, 
commences with the OpHip1a. Among others will 
be noticed specimens of the INp1an Boa with skele- 
ton of the same, the Purr ADDER (Vipera artetans), a 
deadly African species from Natal, near to which is 
our harmless RinceD Snake (Watrix torquata). 
There are many Ophidians in spirits, which it has not 
been possible to name and arrange, and, in fact, the 
whole of this collection is at present in a very chaotic 
condition, which must account for our so early making 
the acquaintance of the AMPHIBIA, as represented 
by the Butt FrRoc, the Common Froc (ana 
temporaria), and the EpIBLE FRoc (2. esculenta), the 
latter acclimatised in this county. The CoMMON 
TOAD is sufficiently well-known, and the NATTERJACK 
(Lufo calamita), found in many parts of this county, 
where it is more local than rare, and generally dis- 
tinguished as the Creeping Toad. In 
Case Il. 
we make the acquaintance of the Order LACERTILIA, 
or Lizards, some of which present a very striking 
appearance. The Ecyptian Monitor (Varanus 
niloticus) 1s not, as its name implies, confined to the 
neighbourhood of the River Nile, but is also found on 
the banks of the great Rivers of the West and in South 
Africa. It is said to reach six feet in length, one-half of 
which is made up of the tail. A species of Anolis will 
be noticed for the expansion of the skin under the 
throat in the form of a pouch. There is also a small 
Lizard with a remarkably long and slender tail, known 
as the Tachydrome (Zachydromus sexlineatus), a native 
of China, Borneo, and Sumatra. Scincus pachyurus 
is a singular creature, with a remarkably abrupt caudal 
