RErTILIA. 
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EATHACniA. 
BATRACHIA SALIENTIA. 
Mr. C. E. Hamlin has made a communication to the Boston 
Soc. of Nat. Hist., entitled Remarks on some facts connected 
with the development of frogs observed at Waterville, Maine, 
U.S/^ From his observations he infers that at least a part of 
the young of one or more species of frogs are, in this vicinity, 
overtaken by winter before completing their changes, and that, 
having hybernated as tadpoles, they resume their development 
with the return of spring; and having found so late as Octo- 
ber 17th Salamanders still retaining their gills, that the same is 
probably true of some species of Urodda. Proc. Bost. Soc. 
Nat. Hist. X. pp. 79-80. 
Dactylethra. Some notes by J. P. Mansell Veale, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. xvii. pp. 391-392. 
Hana. Dr. Bocage (Jorn. Sc. math. phys. e nat. Lisb. 18G6, no. 1, p. 73) de- 
scribes H. angolensis and It. suhpimctata as new species from Angola. Hana 
hragantina (Bocage j see Zool. Record, ii. p. 169) proves to be identical with 
It. occipitalis. 
[^Itana']. Itamda chrysoprasina, sp. n., Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 
18G0, p. 129, from Costa Rica. 
Cystignathus ocellatns. M. Gnyon mentions the disappearance of this frog 
in Martinique. Compt. Rend. 18GG, Ixiii. p. 689. 
Bufo funereus, sp. n. ?, Bocage, 1. c. p. 77, from Angola. 
Btffo coccifeVy sp. n., Cope, 1. c. p. 130, from Costa Rica. — B.frontosuSj 
sp. n., and B. microscap>hus, sp. n.. Cope, 1. c. p. 301, from the Colorado. 
Engystoma variolosiim, sp. n., Cope, 1. c. p. 131, from Costa Rica ; E. nstuniy 
sp. n,. Cope, ibid., from West Mexico. 
Bappia. Dr. Bocage (/. c.) describes from examples collected in Angola 
Ilyperolius marmoratus (Rapp), p. 74 ; II. microps (Gthr. ?), II. cinnamomeo- 
ventris (sp. n.), and II. stcindachncri (sp. n.), p. 76 ; II. fuscigida (sp. n.) and 
II. tristis (sp. n.), p. 7G ; and II. qianqncvittatiis (sp. n.), p. 77. — II. gramdosvsy 
sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Ale. Wiss. Berlin, 18GG, p. 891, from Mossambique. 
Phyllohatcs lafinasns (Cope) is tho type of a distinct genus, Calosteihus, 
Cope, /. c. p. 130. 
Phyllohatcs ridens, sp. n.. Cope, 1. c. p. 130, from Nicaragua. 
. Lythodytes rhodopis, sp. n.. Cope, /. c. p. 323, from Mexico. 
Pharyngodon. This name (see Zool. Record, ii. p. IGO) is now changed 
into Triprion by Mr. Cope. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 18GG, p. 127. 
Ilyla curta, sp. n.. Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 18GG, p. 313, from Cape 
St. Lucas. 
BATRACHIA GRADIENTIA. 
Prof. VAN DEii Hoeven has reviewed the attempts of various 
authors to classify the Ichthyoid Batrachians, giving a 
chronological account of the discoveries made in this group. 
He indicates the affinity of Menobranchus to Proteus, and 
would arrange the genera in the following series -.—Siren, Am- 
1866. [voL. III.] K 
