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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Tropidonotus. Messrs. Jan and Sordelli have figured the following spe- 
cies : — 
No. 26, pi. 4. T. siHaliSy varr. ; pi. 6. T. lateralis (Berthold) and collaris 
(Jan) j pi. 6. 2\ vipe^'inus. 
. No. 26, pis. 1 & 2. T, natriXf varr., and saurita ; pi. 3. T, fasciatus j pi. 4. 
T. woodhousi and rhomhifer ; pis. 5 & G. taxispilotus and cyclopion. 
. No. 27, pi. 1. 2\ quinmnciatus ] pi. 2. T. spiloyaster and trianyuliyerus ) 
pis. 3 & 4. 2\ subradiatus (Jan) and piciuratiis j pi. 6. 2\ Icboris and mcsomc-' 
laniis (Jan) ; pi. 6. T. clarkii and mesomelanus. 
No. 29, pi. 1. Amphiesma substolatunif tiyrinum, and subminiatum j pi. 2. 
A. platyceps and rhodomelas j pi. 3. A. Jlaviceps [D. & B. = T. leucqmelas of 
Gunther, who did not recognize the species from Dum^ril’s description of the 
colours] and A, brachyurum (Jan) [= T. plumbicolor, Cantor]. 
Tropidonotus swmhonis, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, i. 
p, 420, pi. 19. fig. F, from Formosa. 
Tropidonotus punctidatus (Gthr.) proves to be a native of Pegu, Giin- 
ther, 1. c. 
Mr. Cope describes Mitcmia phenax as a new species from V era Cruz, 1. c* 
p. 134. 
HoMALOPSIDiE. 
. Hemiodontus Icucobalia (Schleg.), II. chalybmis (Jan), and Cantoria elajn- 
formis (Ptrs.) are figured by Messrs. Jan and Sordelli, no. 28, pi. 6. 
Fordonia bicolor is described as a new species from Rangoon by Mr. 
Theobald, /. c. p. 56. 
Ferania sieboldi is figured by Messrs. Jan and Sordelli under the name of 
Hypsirhma boeourti, 1. c. pi. 5. fig. 2. 
Hypsirhina albomacidata (D. & B.) figured by Jan and Sordelli, 1. c. fig. 1. 
Tytleria is the name of a supposed new genus, of the aspect of Hypsirhina^ 
proposed by Mr. Theobald. Nine upper labials ; two pairs of frontals ; scales 
smooth, in 17 rows. T. hypsirhinoides, sp. n., Tlieobald, 1. c. p. 49, from the 
Andaman Islands. 
Oerarda bicolor (Gray) proves to be a native of Pegu, Gunther, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat.Hist. 1868, i.p. 421. 
Helicops. Messrs. Jan and Sordelli have figured species of this genus 
under the following names: — Livr. 28, pi. 2. II. ayassizi (Jan) and spixU 
(Jan)j pi. 3. II. scalaris (Jan), leopardinus (Schleg.), and infratceniatus 
(Jan) j pi. 4. II. anyidatus and leprieurii. 
Calopisma. Messrs. Jan & Sordelli figure the following species : — Livr. 29, 
pis. 4-6. C. martiiy erythroyrammwny plicatilcy and reinwardti. 
Hydrops martii (y^dLg\.)^IIyyinafasciata (Gray), GUnther, 1. c. p. 421. 
Hydrops callostictus, sp. n., Gunther, 1. c. pi. 17. fig. B, Upper Amazons. 
Dendrophidas. 
AhcetuUa kirkii, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, i. p. 424, 
Zanzibar ; also Ahcctidla dorsalis (Bocage) is characterized, ibid. 
[^Ahcekilla'] Thrasoqys cupreuSy sp. n.. Cope, Proc. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1868, 
p. 106, Upper Amazons. 
