REPTILIA. 
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EEPTILIA 
BY 
Albert Gunther^ M.A., Ph.D. 
A. Works in progress. 
JaNj G. Iconograpliie generale des Ophidiens. Paris. Text 
8vo, Plates 4to. 
We gave a description of this work last year in the Re- 
cord; vol. i. p. 99. In the year 1865 six parts of plates were 
issued,, viz. No. 9 in February, No. 10 in April, No. 11 in June, 
No. 12 in August, No. 13 in October, and No. 14 in December. 
Of the text the second part (pp. 43-100) has appeared (1865, 
September) ; it contains the Uropeltidce, Tortricida, and Boida. 
Of the first the author describes and figures seven species only ; of 
the last, thirty- three, — not taking the least notice of twenty other 
species described by other herpetologists. Of the three species 
described as new we have already spoken in the preceding 
volume of the Record. 
The letterpress on the plates is full of mistakes ; not only are 
the names misspelt, but also numbers referring to the figures are 
sometimes confounded. 
B. Separate Publications. 
IIyrtl, J. Cryptobranchus japonicus. Vindob. 1865. 4to, 
pp. 132, with 14 plates. 
Krefft, G. On the V ertebrata of the Lower Murray and Dar- 
ling ; and On the Snakes of Sydney. Read before the 
Philos. Soc. of New South Wales, 10th Septeniber, 1862. 
Sydney, 1865. 8vo, pp. 60. 
This pamphlet consists of two parts, as is indicated by the 
title. The first contains observations on the habits, propagation, 
and geographical distribution of thirty-four reptiles, observed or 
collected during a nine months^ sojourn on the Lower Murray 
and Darling. The second is a complete account of the seventeen 
species of Ophidians found in the neighbourhood of Sydney. 
The author gives descriptions of all the species, and adds as much 
