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Tomyris, Eichw., 1. c, p. 103 (nov. gen.) ; caput coUo subdilatabili 
latius, duplo longius quam latum, tela 2 utrinque distincta dentesque 2 
imperforati breviores, iis postpositi, scutella submaxillaria tria, interque 
eorum par postremum unum majus (non tria alia minora in triangulo, 
Najae exemplo) ; squamsB notaei elongato-lanceolatas, planas, laeves, exi- 
guae ; gulares majores per 4 series obliquas dispositae. Affine Urceo 
(Najce), Wagl., genus. There is one species, T. oxiana ; e purpureo 
rosea, transversim nigro-vittata, vittis integris atris, medio dorso sub 
angulo confluentibus, postremis evanidis, gula e flavo rosea ; 2^". 
BATRACHIA. 
Aloysii Calori : Descriptio anatomica Branchiarum maxime 
internarum gyrini Ranse Esculentse, unaqiie prsecipuum dis- 
crimen, quod inter branchias ad invicem et batrachiorum uro- 
deloriim intercedit. (Commentarii Acad. Bonon. v. p. Ill) ; 
with two lithographic plates. 
R. P. Lesson describes a new species of Bufo, which he had 
already briefly characterized in his “ Catalogue de la Faune 
du Departement de la Charente-Inferieure,” viz. : — 
B. vinearum ; first finger as long as second, upper socket margins 
projecting, rounded, skull covered with thick skin, parotids elliptical, 
rounded on each side, longish, separated into two parts by a space, skin 
of tympanum concealed, hinder toes semipalmate ; three protuberances 
on the heel, two on the hands, no lenticular gland on either thigh, no 
ledge of skin on inner margin of tarsus, iris red, above knobbed, un- 
derneath small regular protuberances, no spots. In the vine hills of 
Haute-Saintonge. (Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 33.) 
Some new species of Batrachia have also been described by 
J. E. Cray, in his Zoological Miscellany, viz. : — 
Discoglossus ornatus, Alytes australis, Pelodytes nasutus, P. ajinis, 
Hyla ccerulea (H. cyanea, Baud.), H. rubella, Eucnemis hicolor. They 
are all from the north coast of New Holland. 
Rapp describes three new Batrachia in these Archives, 1842, 
1, p. 289 : Hyperolius marmoratns, Engy stoma guttatum, 
and Breviceps verrucosus. 
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