REPl?ILlAi 123 
’ II. Rathke’s -vvork oil the development of Crocodiles has been noticed 
above) p. 120. 
Crocodilus palustris. The Rev. Principal Boake describes nests made by 
Crocodiles in Ceylon for the reception of the eggs. He thinlts there may be 
two kinds of Crocodiles in the island. Journ. Ceyl. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 
1866, pp. 160-163. 
Varanus saurus (Laur.) is distinct from V. niloticus. Peters, Monatsbef. 
Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, p. 888* 
Cubina grandis. Mr. Cope regards it as a Diplogloss in all points,” and 
as the type of a distinct family between the Gerrhonotidce and HdodermiduBt 
L, c. p. 322, 
Ichnotropis (Ptrs.), stated to be identical with Eremias in Monatsber, Ak. 
Wiss. Berl. 1866, p. 888, is, as Prof. Peters informs me in a letter, really 
distinct from it, having tiled ventral scales, &c. 
CnemidopJioruB guttatus (Hallow.) = Cw. (Baird and Girard) = 
sexlineatus (L.). Cope, 1. c. p. 303. • 
Oerrhosaurus multilineatus, sp. n., Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Math. Phys. e Nat. 
Lisb. 1866, no. 1, p. 61, from Angola. 
Earmia antaugcs, sp. n., Cope, /. c. p. 182, from Orizaba. 
Gerrlionotm X)p)hiurus, sp. n., Cope, 1 . c. p. 321, from Mexico. 
Ahlepharus cahind<x, sp. n., Bocage, 1 . c. p. 64, from Angola. 
Cgclodus. Dr. Strauch has examined the species of this genus (Bull. Aci 
Sc. St. Petersb. 1866, x. pp. 449-462), to which he refers also Omolejnda 
(Gray). He gives diagnoses of all the species known, and arranges thein 
thus : — 
A. Ear-opening perfectly visible, with the anterior margin denticulated 
or entire. 
a. Cgclodus with 7 species, C. peter sii (p. 454) beiiig new, habitat un- 
known. 
b. Omolepida, with O. casuarinm and C. hictuosus (sp. n., Peters, Mo- 
natsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, p. 90, from South-west Australia). 
B. Otolepis (subg. nov.). Ear-opetiing covered by two large triangular 
scales ; a pair of supranasals. C. hrandtii, sp. n. * (p. 475), habitat unknown. 
Plistodon sumichrasti, sp. n.. Cope, 1 . c. p. 321, from Vera Cruz. 
Diploglossus ehalyhceusj sp. n.. Cope, 1 . c. p. 321, from Vera Cruz. 
Lygosoma (^Himdia) pantherinum, sp. il., Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. 
Berl. 1866, p. 89, from Swan River. 
'• Dumerilia, g. n. (near Soridia), Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Math. Phys. e Nat. Lisb. 
1866, p. 63. Tongue Scaly, slightly notched } palate edentulous ; ear-open- 
ings very small no fore limbs } hind limbs very small, simple. J?, hayonii, 
sp. n,, from Loanda. 
Euprepes anchietce, sp. n., Bocage, 1. c. p. 62, from Zaire. 
Sep>sinay g. n. [fam. Sepsida], Bocage, Join. Sc. Math. Phys. e Nat. Lisb. 
* The St. Petersburg Musetim received the typical example of this species 
from Parreyss under the name of Scmcus pavimcntatus (Wiegm.). The 
British Museum received from the same dealer, under the same name, an 
example which agrees well with Dr. Strauch’s description of Cgclodus 
hrandtii, but has not the two ear-scales, and is, indeed, nothing but Plisto- 
don aldrovandi. The Recorder has also examined anothet example of PI. 
aldrovandiy with two ear-scales on one side and three- on the bther. 
