SQUAMATA. 
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Lacerta, L. Remarks on the affinities of the Mediterranean species : 
Werner, Zool. Anz. xxvii, p. 254. L. danfordii, Gthr., redescribed 
by Werner, t. c, p. 255, L. viridis, var. n. intermedia^ Merely, 
Allatt. Kozl. Magyar Tars, iii, p. 280, figg., S. W. Hungary ; L. 
horvathi, sp. n., M^hely, Ann. Mus. Himgar. ii, p. 362, tigg., and 
Allatt. Kozl. Magyar Tars, iii, pp. 193 & 279, pi. v, S. W. Hungary. 
L. lamandini, Filhol (foss.). Note by De Stefano, Atti Mus. Milano 
xlii, p. 412. 
Pseudolacerta^ g. n. for Lacerta mucronata^ Filhol (foss.), De Stefano, 
t. c. p. 413. 
Eremias yefe.r. Pall., and arguta, Pall., described and figured byELPATiEBSKi, 
Arnph. Rept. Aral Exped., pp. 11 & 18, pis. i & ii. 
SCINCID^. 
Lygosoma elegantidum, Ptrs. & Doria = Hinulia pardalis, Macleay, 
BouLENGER, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xiv, p. 80. 
Ahlephariis houtonii poecilopleurus^ Wiegm. Note by R. McGregor, 
P. U. S. Mus. xxviii, p. 117. 
Eumeces quiiiquelineatus, L., is oviparous : Ditmars, Rep. New York Zool. 
Soc. 1903, p. 160. E. scutahis, Theob. On Transcaspian specimens : 
MiCHAiLovsKY, Aunuaire Mus. St. Petersb. ix, p. 41, and Vasiljev, 
t. c. p. xiii. 
Plestiodon cadurcensis, Filhol (foss). Bones noticed and figured by De 
Stefano, Atti Mus. Milano xlii, p. 397, pi. x. 
Scinctcs officinalis, Laur. On variations in the head-shields : A. Sokolowsky, 
Biol. Centrbl. xxiv, p. 754, figg. 
Protrachysaurus gaudryi, g. and spp. nn. (foss.), De Stefano, t. c. 
p. 406, pi. ix, Miocene of Quercy, France. 
Incert^ Sedis. 
Thaumastosaurus hottii, g. and spp. nn. (foss.), De Stefano, Atti Mus. 
Milano xlii, p. 414, pi. ix, figg. 1 »& 15, Miocene of Quercy, France. 
RHIPTOGLOSSA. 
G. Tornier, Zool. Jahrb. Anat. xxi, pp. 1-40, pis. i & ii, has investigated 
the gular and occipital air-sacs of Chameleons. 
F. E. Beddard, p. Z. S. 1904, ii, pp. 6-22, figg., writes on some points in 
the vascular system of Chameleons. 
CouvREUR & Gautier, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 1, pp. 159 & 160, have made 
experiments on the respiration of Chameleons. 
Palceochamcdeo europceus^ g. and sp. nn. (foss.), De Stefano, Atti Mus. 
Milano xlii, p. 391, pi. ix, figg. 7 & 12, Miocene of Quercy, France. 
PYTHONOMORPHA. 
On the systematic position and habits : S. W. Williston, J. Geol. xii, 
pp. 43-51. 
L. DoLLO, Mem. Soc. Beige Geol. xviii, pp. 207-216, pi. vi, reviews our 
knowledge of the Mosasaurs of Belgium, and, pp. 217-222, remarks on 
the derivation of the group fr-om the Dolichosauria. 
L. Vaillant, Bull. Mus. Paris 1904, pp. 217 & 218, is inclined to refer the 
great "Sea Serpent" observed on the coast of Cochin China to the 
Mosasaurs. 
