RlilPTILIA. 
1 6 Rept, 
Dwigubsky. A specimen, identified with the type in the British 
Museum, described ; W. T. Blanford, 1. c. p. 428. 
BATRACHTA. 
Parker, W. K. On the Structure and Development of the Skull in 
the Batrachia. Part 2. Phil. Tr. clxvi. pp. 601-669, pis. liv.-lxii., 
sixty-five figures of skull of Mana, Bu/o, Dactylethra capensis, and 
Pipa monstrosa. 
Batrachia Salientia. 
Lataste, P. Memoire sur les brosses copulatrices des Batraciens 
Anoures. Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) iii. Art. x. 10 pp. 1 pi. 
Moqutn-Tandon, G. Recherches sur les premieres phases du develop- 
pement des Batraciens Anoures. L. c. Art. iii 50 pp. 2 pis. 
P. Knauer communicates observations on the reproduction of Bufo 
vulgaris and Rana temporaria^ preliminary to a more extensive paper on 
the subject of the reproduction of reptiles. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxvi. 
(1877), pp. 73-75. 
Lataste, P. Sur la position de la fente branchiale chez le t^tard du 
Bomhinator igneus. Act. Soc. L. Bord. xxxi. livr. 2. 
The author has discovered that in Bomhinator igneus, Alytes ohstetri- 
cans, Siud Pelodytes punctatus, the spiraculum of the tadpole is situated 
on the inferior surface and in the median line, not on the side of the 
body, as was hitherto supposed to be the case. 
Spea stagnalis, sp. n., E. D. Cope, in Yarrow^’s Report, 1. c. p. 525, 
pi. XXV. figs. 6-8, N. W. New Mexico. 
Rana onca, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 528, pi. xxv. figs. 1-3, Utah. 
Cyclorrhamplms culeus, sp. n., Garman, Bull. Mus. C. Z. iii. p 276, pi. i. 
Titicaca. 
Cystignathus typlionius, Baud., from Puerto Rico, is not different from 
South American examples ; its development described. W. Peters, MB. 
Ak. Berl. 1876, p. 709. 
Alytes ohstetricans. Memoir on its habits and mode of reproduction ; 
A. de LTsle, Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) iii. Art. vii, 50 pp. 
Cranopsis, g. n. No ostia-pharyngea, tympanum, or vomerine 
teeth ; cranial integument entirely occupied by a rugose ossification ; 
parotoid glands present ; fingers and toes distinct, the latter palmate. 
Peltophryne, Cope, without auditory apparatus. Type, C. fastidiosus, 
sp. n., E. D. Cope, J. Ac. Philad. (n.s.) viii. p. 96, pi. xxiii. fig. 1, Costa 
Rica. 
Crepidius, g. n. No ostia-pharyngea, membranum tympani, or vo- 
merine teeth ; parotoid gland present ; cephalic derm not occupied by 
ossification; digits enclosed in the skin, the longest median toe project- 
ing ; inner digits rudimental. Type, C. epioticus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 97, 
pi. xxiii. fig. 2, Costa Rica. 
