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EEPTILIA. 
TBIDieJ. 
Ameiva edracantha^ sp. n., Bocourt, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xix. art." 4, 
Western Coasts of North and South America. 
Cnemidophorus nigricolor^ sp. n., Peters, SB. nat. Fr. 1873, p. 76, 
Roques Islands, Venezuela. 
LaceetidJ). 
Zootoca lilfordi, sp. n., A. Gunther, ^n. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 158, Filfola 
Rock. 
Lacerta princeps^ Blanford, Ann. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 31, Southern Persia ; 
A, carinata, p. 368, fig. 1, Barawa, and L. spinalis^ Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 
1874, p. 369, fig. 2, Bogos : spp. nn. 
Tropidosaura algira^ L., added to fauna of Morocco : Bottger, 
1. c. p. 129. 
Acanthodactylus micropJ^olis, sp. n., Blanford, Ann. N. H. (4) xiv. 
p. 33, Gedrosia. 
Eremias persica and E. fasciata, spp. nn., id. 1. c. pp. 31 & 32, 
Persia. 
Eremias hrenneri^ Ptrs., var. n. striatus, Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1874, 
p. 370, Barawa. * 
Mcsalina^ distinguished by the character of its ventral shields rather 
than by that given by Gray ; M. brevirostris, from Tumb Island, Persian 
Gulf, and M. pardaloides, from Henjam Island, spp. nn. ; Blanford, 
Ann. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 32. 
Gymnophthalmidjj. 
Gunther separates Ablepharus poecilopleurus, Wiegm., from the Mauri- 
tian A. boutoni, Desjard., and describes A. ( Cryptoblepharus) b-toeniatus, 
sp. n.. West Coast of Africa. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 296. 
AbUpharus pusillus, sp. n., Blanford, Ann. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 33, 
Basrah; = Blepharosteres agilis^ Stol., = A. brandti, Str. ; id. tom. cit. 
p. 461. 
AbUpharus {Morethia) toeniopleurus, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1874, 
p. 376, Port Bowen. 
OhALCIDIDtE. 
Propus, g. n. Scales smooth, in annuli, a lateral fold ; limbs, one pair, 
anterior, without digits or claws. A few pores at side of vent. Two 
internasals, one frontal, a narrow superciliary which descends in front 
of each eye, and a pair of parietals. Nostrils on suture between inter- 
nasal and first labial ; a loreal shield. Tail elongate. P. vermi/ormis, 
sp. n., Cope,P. Ac. Philad. 1874, p. 70, Nauta, Peruvian Amazons. 
OEECOSAUETDiE. 
Poroidogaster grayi, Sm., comes from Panama, not Lower California ; 
Peters, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 307. 
