10 Be'pt. 
REPTILIA AND BATEACIJIA. 
OPHIDIA. 
W. Peters makes remarks on the shield-like expansion of the neural 
spine in several genera of Snakes ; SB, nat. Fr. 1881, pp. 49-50. 
TyPHLOPIDvE, 
W. Peters characterizes this family, and gives a synopsis of the 
genera ; SB. nat. Fr. 1881, pp. 69 & 70. 
Typhlops (Ophthalmidion) mucronatus, Bottger, described and figured 
by Bottger, Abh. seuck. Ges. xii. p. 438, pi. i. fig. 1. 
Typhlops {OnychocepTialus) riparius^ p. 50, Zambesi, crassatus, p. 50, 
Chinchoxo, and buchholzi, p. 71, Mungo, W. Africa, spp. nn., Peters, 1. c. 
Stenostomi. 
W. Peters characterizes this family, w^hich includes but two genera, 
viz., Stenostoma, Wagler, and Siagnodon, Peters (^= Catodon, D. & B., 
nec Linn.) ; SB. nat. Fr. 1881, p. 71. 
Catodon dugesi, sp, n., Bocourt, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iv. p. 81, Mexico. 
Tortricidjj. 
Cylindrophis Uneatus^ sp. n., Blanford, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 217, pi. xx. 
Singapore. 
BOID.3E. 
Python curtus, Schleg. A specimen from Singapore described by Blan- 
ford, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 222. 
COLUBKID^. 
Xenocalamus mechowit sp. n., Peters, SB. nat. Fr. 1881, p. 147 ; 
Malange, W. Africa. 
Microsoma collare, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 148, Malange. 
AdelophiSy g. n., distinguished from Tropidoclonium m the absence of 
loreal plate; for A. copii^ sp. n. (Duges, MS.), Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. 
xviii. p. 265 ; Mexico. [Omitted from Zool. Bee. xvi.] 
Catachlccna (= Chataclein, Jan) diadema (D. & B.); a variety from 
Southern Persia described by Blanford, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 678. 
Simotes dennysi, sp. n., Blanford, 1. c. p. 218, pi. xxi. fig. 1, Singapore. 
Ablabes homeyeri, Petevs, = Amphiophis angolensis, Bocage ; Peters, 
1. c. p. 149. 
Coronella tritceniata, sp. n., Gunther, in Oates’s “Matabele Land” 
(London : 1881, 8vo), p. 329, pi. C, S. E. Africa. 
Liophis guinguelineatus, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (5) vii. p. 359, 
Madagascar. 
Pliocercus sargi^ sp. n., Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. xlvii. p. 225, pi. xi. 
figs. 1-3, Guatemala. 
