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ZOOLOGIQAL LITEKATUIIE. 
Enkydrohius (Wagl.), and that Ololygm is very near to Thoropa (Cope), if 
not the same. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. vi. p. 201. 
Triprim petasatus. Head and skull figured by Mr. Cope, Journ. Ac. Nat. 
Sc. Philad. V. pi. 26. figs. 7 & 8. 
Pdodryas cceruleus. Mr. Cope names the yellow-lipped variety from 
Amboyna (quaere Ceram ?) Calamita dolichopsis, 1. c. vi. p. 204. 
ChirodryaS) g. n., Keferstein, Getting. Nachricht. 1867, p. 358, distinguished 
from Pelodryan by its raniform habit, small disks, tubercular back, &c. Ch. 
raniformis, sp. n., from Australia. 
Hylaplesiina. 
Calohyla sundana^ sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1867, p. 84, 
Pontianak. 
Phrynomantis (name proposed ioxBrachymeruSj which is preoccupied) fusca^ 
sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 35, from Amboyna. 
Hylaplesia. Dr. Keferstein states that Dendrohates histrionicus (Berthold) 
is not distinct from D. tinctorius^ Getting. Nachricht. 1867, p. 359, and de- 
scribes as new Eendrobates typographuSy from Costarica, p. 360. — Hylaplesia 
hrevipeSy sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 84, Zamboanga. 
BATRACHIA GIIADIEISITIA. 
Mr. E. D. Cope's paper On the Osseous Structures of the 
Types of the Urodela " commences with general remarks on the 
relation of developmental characters to systematic zoology, and 
concludes with a sketch of the characters of the great zoolo- 
gical regions. He gives the principal osteological characters of 
each of the following groups and families (Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. 
Philad. V. pp. 97-112) : — 
A. Trachystomata (Miill.). 
Fam. Sirenidee: Siren. 
B. Proteida (Miill.). 
Fam. Pi'oteidee : Proteus & Necturus. 
C. Caducibranchiata. 
‘ Fam. Amphiumidee : Amphiuma and Muraenopsis. 
„ Protmopsidee : Prptonopsis and Megalobatrachus. 
„ Amblystoma, Ensatina, and Onychodactylus. 
„ Plethodontidce: Plethodon, Hemidactylium,Spelerpes, Geotriton, 
and Batrachoseps. 
,, Desmognathidee : Desmognathus. 
„ . Hynobiidee: Hynobius. 
„ Salamandridas : Salamandra and Triton. 
„ Pleurodelidce : Hemisalamandra, Neurergus, Lissotriton, Lophi- 
nus, Euproctus, Cynops, Neurophthalmus, Pleurodeles, Glos- 
solega, Siranota. 
Prof. Leydio has written on the Salamandrina of Wiirtemberg (^Triton 
and Salamandra), Wiegm. Arch. 1867, pp. 863-182. He distinguishes four 
species of the former genus, viz) T. cristatus, T. alyestris, T. tceniatus, and T, 
