CHELONIA — LACERTILTA. Ite;pt, 5 
A short note on the extinct Land-Tortoises of Mauritius and Rodriguez, 
by A. C. Haddon, J. L. S. xv. p. 69. 
Felomedusa. This genus contains only one species, P. geliajie and nigra 
being identical with P. galeata ; Boulenger, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1880, p. 146, 
with woodcuts. 
Chelonia depressa^ sp. n., Garman, Bull. Mus. C. Z. vi. p. 124, East Indies 
and N. Australia. G. agassizi, Dum. & Boc., redescribed ; id. 1. c. p. 126. 
Thalassochelys kempi, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 123, Gulf of Mexico. 
OROCODILIA. 
Behrens, W. Untersuchungen iiber den Processus uncinatus der Yogel 
uud Crocodile. Inaug.-Diss. Getting. 1880, 8vo, 36 pp. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Crocodilus vulgaris, Cuv. Its ‘occurrence in Palestine ; Bottger, Ber. 
Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 199, pi. iv. 
Crocodilus palustris. Notes on the breeding of this species in Ceylon, 
and on the care the female bestows upon her eggs and young ; S. Way- 
tialingam, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 186. 
Alligator sinensis, sp. n., A. A. Fauvel, J. N. China Soc. (n.s.) xiii. 
(1879), pp. 1-36, with fig. ; Vaillant, Ann. Sc. Nat. (vi.) ix. art. 8, China. 
Alligator sclerops: biological and anatomical notes on this species, by 
H. Weyenbergh, Period. Zool. Argent, iii. [1878] pp. 74-82. 
LAOERTILIA. 
Blanchard, R. Recherches sur la structure de la peauchez les Lizards. 
Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1880, pp. 1-36, pis. i.-iii. 
This study is based chiefly upon Lacerta ocellata. 
WiEDERSHEiM, R. On the dentition of Lizards. Zool. Anz. 1880, 
p. 493. 
Chamj;leontid/E. 
Chamceleon vulgaris, var. n. recticrista, from S.W. Asia; Bottger, Ber. 
Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 198. 
Chammleon ceplialolepis, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (5) vi. p. 237, 
Comoro Island. 
Chamceleon ebenaui, sp. n., Bottger, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 280, Mada- 
gascar. 
Chammleon furcifer, sp. n., Vaillant and Grandidier, Bull. Soc. Philom. 
(7) iv. p.,148, Madagascar. 
In a foot-note, p. 149, Vaillant proposes to divide the genus Chamm- 
leon into four sections, according to the shape of the head ; these sections 
he names Chammleones, Superciliares, Leiocerati, and Trachycerati. 
Chammleon kersteni, Peters, is referred to the genus Rhampholeon ; 
Gunther, 1. c. p. 238. 
