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ZOOLOGICAL LITKRATUllR, 
Mr. Putnam is inclined to credit the statement of numerous persona who 
have seen young Snakes taking refuge in the throat of their mother, Amer, 
Natur. ii. p. 132, 
Mr. Putnam gives some notes relating to the time of brooding, and the 
number of eggs to a brood of Nortli-Amorican Snakes. Ibid, pp, 133, 184, 
Typiilopidaj. 
Typhlopa diardii, Notes by Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, 
p. 460. 
Typhl(p8 (pphthahnidiori) eleganSf sp. n., Peters, 1. c. fig, 1, from Ilha de 
Principe (West Africa). 
Typhlops sulcatus, sp. n., Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad, 1868, p. 128, 
Navassa Island, West Indies. 
ToRTRICIDiE. 
Cylindrophis is stated to be viviparous, Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 
1868, i. p. 428. 
Xenopeltidas. 
Xmopcltis unicolor. Notes by Mr. Theobald, Journ. Linn. Soc. x, p. 37. 
UROPELTIDAi:. 
Pleclrurus trilineatus (Beddome), Dr. QUnther regards this as the typo 
of a distinct genus, Platy plectrums, differing from Plectrums by having a long 
tail, with a double seiies of subcaudals, and with the edge of the terminal 
shield horizontal and one-pointed, Head flat, obtuse. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. 1868, i. p. 414. 
Silyhura grandU (Beddome) intermediate between Silybura and lihinophis, 
Gunther, I c, 
Calamaridas. 
Ge&iihU. Mr, Cope describes as now Colophrys rhodogaster (g. et sp. n.), 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad, 1868, p. 130, and Catostoma nasale, p. 131, both 
from Guatemala. 
Rhahdosoma microrhynchum, sp. n.. Cope, I, c, p. 102, Guayaquil. 
Qeophis latifrons, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, i. p. 415, 
pi. 19. figs. B, from the Upper Amazons. — Geophis hicolor, sp. n., GUnther, 
1. c. p. 416, from Mexico. 
Xenocalamus, g. n. Calamar., Gunther, /. c. p. 414. Body cylindrical, 
elongate; tail short; head long, depressed, narrower than the neck. Eye 
extremely small, with round pupil ; rostral large, conically produced, the 
mouth being quite at the lower side of the head ; one pair of froutals ; ver- 
tical enormous; occipitals small; no.stril between two shields; ioreal none; 
scales smooth, without apical groove, in seventeen series; anal and sub- 
caudals paired. Maxillary teeth few in number, smooth ; palate without 
teeth. — Xenocalamus hicolor, sp. n., Gunther, 1. c. p. 416, pi. 19. figs. A, from 
the Zambezi. 
Olioodontidas. 
Simotes. Dr. Giinther describes three new species from Pegu, Ann. & Mag. 
