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General Kemarks. Contributions to Faunas. 
M. Aug. Dumeiul states that the Mustium d’Histoire Naturelle possessed 
84G species of Keptiles in the year 1834 ; 1393 in the year 1857 ; and that 
its catalogue shows 1651 species at present, viz. 137 Tortoises, 645 Sau- 
rians, 619 Ophidians, 13 Ooccilias, 187 Tailless and 60 Tailed Batrachians. 
Noiiv. Arch. Mus. d’Hist. Nat. 1865, i. pp. 47-60. 
Dr. Gunther has published his fifth annual account of new species of 
Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. The total number of species 
in that collection amounts now to 827, and that of the typical specimens to 303. 
M. Aug. DuMiniL enumerates 44 species of lleptilos received in the 
menagerie of the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle between 1861 and 1864, and 
not previously kept in that establishment. The total number of species 
received from the time of its foundation is 237, and that of specimens 4200. 
lie adds some remarks on several of these Keptiles. Arch. Nouv. Mus. 
d’Hist. Nat. 1865, i. pp. 31-46. 
Island o f Lewis. Prof. Duns states that this island is inhabited by one 
Keptile only, Anguis fragilis, and perhaps also by Vi]jera berus. No Batra- 
chian. Proc. Koy. Soc. Edinb. v. p. 619. 
Mont Blanc. V. Payot has given a short account of the Keptiles found in 
the vicinity of Mont Blanc. Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon. viii. pp. 454-473, 
He distinguishes 7 Lizards (for instance, Lacerta agilis as distinct from L. 
stirpium'), 1 Glow-worm, 10 or 11 Snakes, 12 Frogs or Toads (one being 
described as a new species, or hybrid between R. escnlenta and R. temporaria, 
and named Rana Jlaviventris) , and 6 Newts or Salamanders. 
Russia. G. Belke enumerates 16 species of Keptiles as inhabiting the 
district of Kadomysl, in the Gouvernement of Kief. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc, 
1866, xxxix. p. 496. 
West Africa. — Dr. Bocage has given a list of the Keptiles received by tho 
Lisbon Museum from the Portuguese possessions in West Africa (Jorn. Sc, 
Math. Phys. & Nat. Lisboa, 1866, no. 1) ; they were collected chiefly in the 
districts Duque de Bragau 9 a, Cabinda, Molembo, Kio Quilo, and Loango, 
The list comprises 6 Tortoises, 27 Saurians, 31 Ophidians, and 19 Frogs, 
Those regarded as new will be mentioned subsequently. 
East Africa. Prof. Peters enumerates 38 species of Keptiles and Amphi-f 
bians collected by the late Baron von der Decken on tlie coasts of Eastern 
Africa. The new species will be mentioned subsequently. Monatsber. Alf, 
Wiss. Berlin, 1866, pp. 887-892. 
^Siam. M. Bocoui-t has given a list of the Keptiles collected by him in 
Siam. Nouv. Arch. Mus. d’llist. Nat. 1866, ii. Bullet, pp. 1-10. It com- 
prises 9 Tortoises, 2 Crocodiles, 16 Lizards, 36 Ophidians, and 10 Bati a- 
chians. Notes on some of them are appended. 
Banka. Prof. Giebel has received a collection of the Toidoises of this 
island, which he determines as Cistudo amboinensis, Cistudo orbiculata, Clem- 
mys dentata, Ilydromcdusa banka:, sp. n., Trionyx cuphraticus [P], Chelonia 
imbricata and virgata. The specimens are described. Zeitschr. ges. Na- 
turwiss. 1866, pp. 11-21. 
North America. Mr. Cope has examined a collection from the temtory of 
Arizona and in the Colorado district ; it contained 44 species. The total 
number of species known from the Sonoran province is (according to his views 
of specific and generic characters) 68, referable to 27 genera. He tabulates 
