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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Amblycephalidas. 
Pareas, Mr. Theobald describes P. maryaritophorus (Jan) under the 
name of P, macularius (Blyth), 1. c. p. 64, and adds as new P. modestus, from 
Kangoon, p. 66. 
Lcptoymthus. Mr. Cope includes under this name AnholodoUf Cochlio- 
pha(jU 3 , DipsadomoniSf Petaloynathaa and Ti'opidodipsuSj and gives a synopsis 
of fourteen species, one of which, L. areas, from Quito, is believed to bo new. 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1868, pp. 107-109. He adds as other new species : — 
L, artimlata, from Oosta Rica, p. 135; L. vaya, p. 136; L. anthracops, from 
Central America, p. 136 ; X. turyida, from Paraguay, p. 136. 
Boidje. 
Unyalia. Mr. Cope distinguishes six species, of which U. cana from the 
Bahamas and U, dpsadina from Cuba are described by him for the first time. 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1868, pp. 128-130, 
Pythonidas. 
Python rcticulatus. Notes by Mr, Theobald, Journ. Linn. Soc. x. p. 37. 
Acrochordidas, 
Chersydrus yrunulatus. Notes by Mr. Theobald, 1. c. p. 69. 
Elapidas. 
Piernenia reticulata. Mr. Krefft draws attention to the [by no means im- 
probable] fact, that Schlegel’s D. psammophis was founded on specimens 
named H. reticulata by Gray. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1868, p. 3. 
Pseudcchis. Mr. Kreflt notes the characters of somo specimens formerly 
referred by him to Ps, australis (seo Zool. Record, ii. p. 160), 1. c. p. 3. 
[Perhaps these examples belong to a distinct species.] 
Naja, Dr. Strauch has reexamined Eichwald’s Tomyris oxiana, and shows 
that it belongs to this genus ; he gives a synopsis of the four species known. 
Bull. Ac. Sc. St. PtStersb. xiii. pp. 81-94 ; or MM. Biol. vi. pp. 636-654. 
Hamadryaa claps. Notes by Mr. Theobald, 1. c. p. 60. 
Callophis japonicus, sp. n., GUnther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, i. p. 428, 
pi. 17. fig, 0, Nagasaki. 
JElaps batesii, sp. n., Gunther, I, c. fig. D, from Pebas. 
Elaps fdiformis has sometimes two postoculars. Gunther, 1. c. p. 429. 
Elaps imperator is described as a new species by Cope. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 
Philad. 1868, p. 110, Upper Amazons. 
CROTALIDAi, 
JBothrops, Dr. Hensel, from an examination of numerous examples, comes 
to the conclusion that B. atrox, B. alternattis, B, jararaca, and Craspedo- 
cephalus hrasiliensis arc one and the same species. Wiegm. Arch. 1868, 
p. 334. 
M. Bocourt describes as new the following species from Guatemala : — 
Bothrops affinis, B. hranimianus, B. (phryoineyas, B, hirulor, and B. 7iasutus. 
Ann. Sc. Nat. x. 1868, pp. 201-202. 
