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REPTILIA. 
Hyla ebraccata, sp. n., Cope, P. Ac. Philad. 1874, p. 69, Nicaragua. 
Pithecopus ccelestis^ sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 121, Moyabamba, Peru. 
Osteocephalus planiceps, sp. n.. Cope, 1. c. p. 122, Nauta, Upper Amazons. 
Scytopis funereiis, Moyabamba, Peru, and S. cryptacanthus, Nauta, 
Cope, 1. c. p. 123 : spp. nn. 
Petropedites, g. n. Agrees ^viih'Platymantis in the tongue and position 
of the palatine teeth, but has the disks of fingers and toes fiattened out, 
and the toes webbed. P. camaroonensis, sp. n., Reichenow, Arch. f. Nat. 
1874, i. p. 290, pi. ix. fig. ii. a, 6, Bimbia, Camaroons. 
Leptopelis rufus^ sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 291, pi. ix. fig. i. a, b, Camaroons. 
Pelodryas dolichopsis^ Cope, = P. ccerulea, White ; Meyer, Z. c. p. 140. 
Dendrobates ignitus, p. 68, Nicaragua, and D. labialis, p. 129, Nauta, 
Cope, 1. c. spp. np. ' . 
Batrachia Gradibntia. 
Robin, C. Observations sur la f^condation des UrodMes. J. de TAnat. 
Phys. 1874, pp. 376-390, pi. xv. 
J. Schnetzler also publishes a note on the fecundation of Tritons as 
observed by him. Bull. Soc. Vaud. (2) xii. p. 440. 
Triton ophryticus^ Berth., a specimen in the Yienna Museum described 
by Steindachner, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxiv. p. 480. 
Qiidipus altamazonicuSj sp. n.. Cope, P. Ac. Philad. 1874, p. 120, Upper 
Amazon. 
Menobranchus lateralis. Skull and heart described : Huxley, P. Z. S. 
1874, pp. 186-203, pis. xxix.-xxxii. 
C. Dareste confirms the statement of Hernandez, contradicted by 
Cuvier, that the Axolotl has at the period of reproduction the cloaca 
filled with a special mucus of a red colour ; C. R. Ixxviii. p. 1656. 
G-. Malfatti gives an account of Axolotls bred in captivity ; Atti Soc. 
Ital. xvi. pp. 141-147. 
Amphiuma tridactyla. Note on its epidermis by Th. Studer ; MT. Ges. 
Bern, 1874, p. 48. 
