REPTILIA. 
82 * 
Lycophidium elapoidea^ sp. n., Gunther, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 444, Cama- 
roons. 
Lycodon magnus, p. 136, New Guinea, Mysore, and L. parvus, p. 137, 
New Guinea, Jobi ; Meyer, 1. c. spp. nn. 
' Elapidj], 
AUcto lahialis, Jan, pennixta, Jan, coronata, Sclil., sclmidti, Jan, 
gouldi, Gray, dorsalis, Jan {Hoploceplialus nigristriatus, Krefft), and 
rhodogaster, Jan, figured by Jan & Sordelli, Icon. G4n. Ophid. 44® livr. 
1873, pi. i. figs. 1-6, & pi. ii. figs. 1 & 2. 
Bungarus semifasciatus, Kuhl, pi. ii. fig. 4, pi. iii. fig. 1 ; B. cceruleus, 
Schn., pi. iii. figs. 2 & 3 : iid. op, cit. 
Trimercsurus bungarus, Schl., pi. iv., 2\ ikaheca, Less., pi. v., and T. 
porphjreus, Merr. pi. vi. figured; iid. op. cit. 
Aspidelaps lubricus, Laur., scutatus, Sundew. (Naia fula-fula, Bianc.), 
hcsmachates, Lac., lichtensteini, Jan, figured; iid. op. cit. pi. vi. figs. 2-5. 
Naia haje, L. Colours and habits, from Gold Coast and Camaroons ; 
Reichenow, 1. c. p. 293. 
Naia tripudians. On the nature and physiological action of its 
poison, part ii. (continued from last year) ; T. Brunton & J. Fayrer, 
P. R. Soc. xxii. pp. 68-133. 
ViPEEIDiB. 
An account of two instances of the cures of Viper bites, by Feuvrier, 
C. R. Ixxviii. p. 1793, and observations on the same subject by Or^, 
tom. cit. p. 983. 
{Clotho) Vipera Merr., re-described from Morocco, with habits, 
&c., Bottger, Abh. senck. Ges. ix. p. 163 ; from Gold Coast, Reichenow, 
1. c. p. 294. 
HYDRIDiE. 
Platurus schistorhynchus, sp. n., Gunther, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 297, pl.xlv.A, 
Savage Island. 
PYTHONIDiE. 
Chondropython, sub-g. n. ; type, C. azureus, sp. n., Meyer, MB. Ak. Berl. 
1874, p. 134, Mysore. 
Aspidopyihon, sub-g. n. ; type, A. jahati, sp. n., id. tom. cit. p. 135, 
New Guinea, Jobi. 
PSEUDOPHIDIA. 
Gymnopis,g. n. ; eyes not covered by skin, free, no ocular pits. Type, 
G. multiplicata, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. p. 616, pi. i. fig. 1, Veragua. 
Ccecilia. By means of a specimen of C. compressicauda ai\d young 
brought forth living at the time of capture, sent from Guiana by 
Wrzesniowski, with a communication from Jelski, W. Peters has been 
able to establish the viviparous nature of this animal, also that it has no 
