ECAUDATA. 
llept. 1 1 
trary to what has been noticed by Prof. Peters, the bones do not exhibit 
any trace of green. This odd colouration is certainly not constant in a 
species, the Recorder having recently observed it in a specimen of Rana 
halecina ; he has met with it in Pseudls paradoxa, in two species of 
Chiromantis^ in Hyla venulosa, and in Trachycephalus marmoratus.'] 
Duval, M. Recherches sur la spermatogenese chez la Grenouille. Rev. 
Montp. (2) ii. pp. 121-143, pis. iii. & iv. 
Lessona, M. Sulla ghiandola frontale degli Amfibi Anuri. Atti Acc. 
Tor. XV. pp. 581-590, pi. xiv. 
Nussbaum, M. Ueber die Endigung der Wimpertrichter in der Niere 
der Anuren. Zool. Anz. 1880, pp. 514-517. 
SiEBERT, G. Die Respiration des Frosches im Verhaltniss zur Circula- 
tion. Inaug.-Diss.i Kouigsberg, 1880, 8vo, 32 pp. 1 pi. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Thering, H. V. Ueber die Wirbelsaule von Fijia. Morph. JB. vi. 
pp. 297-314, with woodcuts. 
WiEDERSHEiM, R. Zur Anatomie des Froschgehirns. Zool. Anz. 1880, 
pp. 497-499, with woodcuts. 
Rana esculenta, L. Lataste splits R. esculenta into two sub-species, 
giving the sub-specific name viridis, Rosel, to that inhabiting Europe, 
N. Africa, and W. Asia ; that of marmorata, Hallow., to that from E. 
Asia. The latter fully described. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1880, p. 61. 
Rana plancii, sp. u., Lataste, 1. c. p. 64, China. 
Ranee, temporarice. Boulenger publishes a supplement to his mono- 
gr.nph of these species. Additional notes on the geographical distribution 
of Rana fmea, arvali% and agilis, and two species characterized, viz., R. 
nigricans, Hallow., and R. pretiosa, Baird & Gir. Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1880, 
pp. 207-209. 
Rana dybowsMi, Gthr., = R.fusca ; id. 1. c. p. 207. 
Rana agilis. Its discovery in Strasburg ; Bottger, Zool. Anz. 1880, 
p. 551. 
Limnodytes ulcerosus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 282, Madagascar. 
Ilemimantis horrida, sp. n , id. ibid., Madagascar. 
Hylodes devillii and glandulosus, spp. nn., Boulenger, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 
1880, p. 47, Ecuador. 
Hyla perezi, sp. n , Bosca, An. Soc. Esp. ix. p. 181, Spain, Portugal, 
France ; = H. arborea var. meridionalis, Bottger, Ber. Senck. Ges. 
1879-80, p. 212. 
Hyla fordi, sp. n., Gunther, J. Mus. Godeffr. xii. [1876] p. 47, 
Australia. 
Nototrema marsupiatam. The tadpole described by Boulenger, Bull. 
Soc. Z. Fr. 1880, p. 48. 
Ilylomantis, g. n , Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1880, p. 223. Characters of 
Hyla, but no vomerine teeth. II. fallax, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 224, fig. 4, 
E. Australia. 
Cophyla, g. n. Closely allied to Microhyla, Tsch., but with the habit of 
