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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
AMPHISBiENIDiEi 
Lepidosternum octostegum (A. Dum.). Bemarks on an example by Stein- 
dachner, Novara^ Kept. p. 53. 
MoNITORlDiE. 
; Odatria punctata and ocellata figured by Gray, Austral. Liz* pis. 1 & 2. 
Monitot' gouldii figured by Gray, 1. o, pi. 3. 
Hydrosaurus giganteus figured by Gray, 1. c. pi. 4. 
LACERTIDiE. 
Eremias henguelensis, sp. n., Bocage, Jorn, Sc. math. phys. e nat. Lisboa, 
iii, p. 220, from Benguella. 
Scapateira (?) reticidata^ sp. n., Bocage, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 225, 
from Mossamedes. 
Pachyrhynchus, g. n., Bocage, 1. c. p. 226. Head wide and flattened j muzzle 
much depressed, wide, spatulate, with its trenchant margins greatly exceed- 
ing the outline of the opening of the mouth (figs. 1 & 2). Tongue sagittate, 
emarginate at its extremity, covered with sq^uamiform papillae. Palate not 
furnished with teeth. Nostrils looking directly upwards, placed in the midst 
of three shields, as in Eremias. Bostral shield much depressed, forming with 
the first seven superior labials the projecting border of the muzzle. No free 
antepectoral fold. Ventral shields smooth, forming regular longitudinal and 
transverse bands. Tail broad and depressed at the base, rounded throughout 
the rest of its extent. No femoral pores. Five unequal digits on each foot; 
these are compressed, covered with smooth scales beneath, and denticulated 
at the edges . — Pachyrhynchus anchietcs, sp. n., Bocage, 1. c. p. 227, from Mos- 
samedes. 
ZONURIDAS^ 
Oerrhosaurus quadrilmeatus, sp. n., Grandidier, Eev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, 
p. 233. Supra umbrato-bruuueus ; lineis quatuor albido-flavis, duabus e uaso 
ad apicem caudae, duabus e nucha ad tertiam caudae partem. lufia aurantio- 
miniatus. Capite albida macula distincto ; pedibus corpore concoloribus, al- 
bidis punctis notatis. Long, e nasi apice ad basin caudae 0“T4, caudae 
— Madagascar. 
Lialid^. 
Zialts hicatenata (Gray) = L. punctulata (Gray) , var. G iintlier, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist. XX. p. 46 . — Lialis punctulata and hurtonii figured by Gray, Austral. 
Liz. pi. 8. figs. 1, 2. 
Pvgopodidas. 
Pygopus squamiceps figured by Gray, 1. c. fig. ^.—Pygopus squamiceps 
(Gray)=P. lepidopus (Lacep.). Gtinth. 1. c. p. 45. 
Cope’s fault. He professes to give, in the second part of this paper, ^Hhe 
characters of the tribes and families,” but omits therein tlie Nyctisaura and 
Amphishcenia, which ho probably considered sufficiently characterized in the 
first part, containing the characters of the suborders. Unfortunately, in 
writing out the abstract, I confined myself to the second part, which con- 
tained the more original portion of Mr. Cope’s researches. 
