12 Re}Jt. 
BATKACHIA. 
Hyla. Bottger, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 281. C. phyllodactyla, sp. n., id. 
ibid., Madagascar. 
Chiroleptes hrevipalmatm, sp. n, Gunther, J. Mus. Godeffr. xii. [187G] 
p. 47, Australia. 
Dyscophus sanguineus, sp. n., Biittgor, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 5G7, Mada- 
gascar. 
Bomhinator igneus. Note on its skeleton, by L. Camerano, Atti Acc. 
Tor. XV. pp. 445-450, with woodcuts. 
Alytes ohstetricanSj Laur. Albinos, tadpole and young figured by 
Lataste, Actes Soc. L. Bord. xxxiv. pi. xi. figs. 1 & 2. 
Alytes obstetricans boscai, Lataste, figured ; id. 1. c. figs. 3-5. 
Dendrobates ebenaui, sp. u., Bottger, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 281, Mada- 
gascar. 
Bufo. A monograph of the Paloearctic and iEthiopian species, by 
G. A. Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 546-574, pis. l.-lii. 10 species are 
described ; a variety of B. viridis, Laur., B. mauritanicus, Schleg., and a. 
variety of B. regidaris, Reuss, are figured. 
Bufo vulgaris, Laur. Divided by Lataste into two subspecies : cinereus, 
Schn., the old European form, and japonicus, Schleg., from Japan and 
China. The latter fully described ; Bull. Soc. Z, Fr. 1880, p. GG. 
Bufo variabilis, var. n. fea^earica,. Bottger, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. G42. 
Rhombophryne, g.n., allied to Breviceps, but with vomerine teeth ; 
Bottger, 1. c. p. 5G7. R. testudo, sp. n., id. L c. p. 5G8,, Madagascar. 
Rhinophrynus dorsalis. Sumichrast states that during copulation the 
male seizes the female round the waist. Bull. Soc. Z, Fr. 1880, p. 187. 
GAUD AT A, 
Fraisse, F. Eiugeuthumliche Structurverhiiltnisse im Schwanze erwach- 
sener Urodelen. Zool. Anz. 1880„pp. 12 & 13. 
Gasco, F. Gli amori del Tritone alpestre ( Triton alpestris, Laur.) e la 
deposizione delle sue uova. Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. pp. 5-58. 
Gasco has fully elucidated the mode of fecundation of the Newts. The 
male deposits his spermatozoa on the ground, where they are gathered by 
the gaping lips of the female’s cloaca;. The same author also describes at 
great length the development of Triton alpestuds ; 1. c. pp. 83-147, 
pis. i.-iv. 
A note on very large larvae of Newts ; O. Hamann, J en.. Z. Nat. xiv. 
pp. 567-576, pi. XX vi. [Ffom the figure given of these larvae, they cannot 
possibly belong to Triton cristatus ; they are very likely those of T. 
alpestris . — Reg.] 
Parker, W. K. On the development of the skull in the Urodele 
Batrachians. Abstract in P. Z. S. 1880, p. 544. 
Pfitzner, W. Die Epidermis der Amphibien ; I. Untersuchungen fiber 
Ban und Entwickelung der Epidermis des gefleckten Salamanders. 
Morph. JB. vi. pp. 468-526, pis. xxiv. & xxv. 
This paper contains, besides the anatomical part, very interesting 
