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REPTILIA. 
Sepid(Bj with notes on some of the species. P. Z. S. 1871, 
pp. 240-344. 
The author refers the 16 species known to 4 genera, regarding 
Hetei'omeleSj Gongylus, and ^eps as divisions of the same genus. 
He states that modifications of a rudimentary organ, like the 
limbs in this family, cannot be used as generic characters, and 
that in these Lizards the little-developed state of their limbs 
cannot be accounted for by the restriction of their habitat. [To 
the Sepid(B enumerated in this paper ought to be added Spheno- 
eephalus tridactylus (Blyth).] 
Sphenops meridimolis is a new name proposed by Gunther for Anisoterma 
sphenopsiforme (Bum.), which cannot be generically distinguished from 
Sphenops. L. c. p. 242. 
Seps {Oonyylus) capcnsis (Smith). Notes by Gunther, 1. o. p. 242. 
Seps {Qongylus) viridanus (Gravenh.) described by Gunther, 1. c. p. 243. 
Emydactylns [quaere Hemidactylus ?] houvieriy sp. n., Bocourt, Ann. Mus. 
vi. 1870, Bull. p. 17, St. Vincent, Oape-Verde Islands. 
Hemidactylus kelaartii (Theobald) and H. mai'moratus (Blanf.) are now 
considered to be varieties of II. leschenatdtii (D. & B.) by Blanford, P. A. S. B. 
1871, p. 173. The author directs attention to variation in the development 
of tubercles in this genus. 
Hemidactylus hengaliensis is described as a new species by Anderson, 
J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 14. 
Nycteridium himalayanum, sp. n., Anderson, 1. c. p. 15, Darjeeling. 
Pentadactyhis dorsalis, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1871, p. 569, Sa- 
rawak. 
Gecko smithii described by Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 169. 
Phelsuma andamanense. Notes by Anderson, 1. c. p. 160. 
Naultinus elegans (Gray) figured by Buller in T. N. Z. Inst. iii. pi. 2. fig. 1. 
The same author describes Naultinus sulphureus as new, ibid, p. 8. [This is a 
variety of Naultinus elegans.'] 
Euhlepharis maeidardus described by Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 163. 
Pristurus longipes, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1871, p. 666, Aden. 
Gymnodactylus fasciolatus, G. variegatus, and G. (Pentadactylus) khasiensis 
described by Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 161, 162. 
Gymnodactylus incei'tus, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1871, p. 397, 
Pebas. 
Gymnodactylus consobrinus, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 669, Sarawak. 
Anolis. M. Bocourt describes the following new species (Ann. Mus. 
Bullet.) : — A. stigmosus, 1869, v. p. 43, Columbia j A. brevirostris, 1870, vi. 
p. 11, St. Domingo ; A. cynocephalus, p. 13, Cayenne j A. ivilliamsii, p. 16, 
Bahia j and redescribes A. fuscoaui'ahts (D’Orb.)=.^. viridiceneus (Ptrs.), 
p. 14. 
Doryphorus castor, sp. n., Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. 1870, p. 666, Pebas. 
Tropidurus. Prof. Peters (MI3. Ak. Berl. 1871, p. 644) directs attention 
to the uselessness of the dorsal crest as a distinctive character in this genus. 
He arranges the species in the following subgeueric groups; — 
1. Tt'opidurus (Wied.). 
2. Microlophus (D. &B.). 
