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the others being identical with iV. auratus. — Mr. O’Shaughnessy Q. c. iv. 
p. 274), in reply, states the reasons which induce him to adhere to his former 
opinion. 
Sceloporus siniferusj sp. n., Cope, I, c. p. 169, Tehuantepec. 
Hoplurus montanus, saxicola, and Jierinensis are noticed as new species from 
Madagascar by Grandidier, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 18G9, pp. 840, 341. 
Cachryx defensor figured by Cope, /. c. pi. 10. 
Calotes nemoricola occurs in Ceylon. Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1809, 
p. 607. 
Agama hartmanniy sp. n., Peters, Berlin. Monatsber. 1869, p. 66,fromDon- 
gola. — Agama savignyi A. Jlavimaculatus (Riipp.), Peters, Lc. 
p. 66. 
Chamceleo vulgaris. Notes on the Chameleon of Sicily by Prof. A. Aradas, 
Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xi. 1869, pp. 439-446. » 
Chamceleo kersteni figured by Peters in Von der Decken’s Reisen, Amphi- 
bien, taf. 1. fig. 1. 
Chamceleo hasiliscus is described as a new species from Nubia by Mr. Cope, 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1868, p. 316. 
Chamceleo calcaratuSy sp. n., Peters, Berlin. Monatsber. 1869, p. 445, Mada- 
gascar. 
Ophidia. 
Australia, Mr. KrefiPt^s ^Snakes of Australia^ have been 
mentioned above (p. 105) . The work contains descriptions of 8 
TyphlopSy 1 CoronellUy 1 Tropidonotus, 1 Cerberus, 1 Myron, 2 
Dendrophis, 1 Dips as, 6 Pythonidce, 6 Diemenia, 1 Pseudonaja, 
1 Pseudechis, 2 Br achy soma, 2 Purina, 1 Brachyurophis, 19 Ho- 
plocephalus, 1 Tropidechis, 1 Petrodymon, 4 Cacophis, .2 Vermi- 
cella, 1 AcanthopMs, 1 Denisonia, and 15 Sea-Snakes. Thirty 
occur in New South Wales, 21 being poisonous ; 12 in Victoria, 
8 being poisonous; 15 in South Australia, 13 being poisonous ; 
15 in West Australia, 11 being poisonous; 42 in Queensland, 
28 being poisonous ; and 3 Hoplocephalus inhabit Tasmania. 
A. E. Verrill has observed one of those rare cases in which a poisonous 
snake ( Cenchris cmtortrix) was overpowered and swallowed by a non-poi- 
sonous {Coluber constrictor'). Amer. Natur. iii. 1869, p. 158. 
Typhlops perditus, sp. n., Peters, Berlin. Monatsber. 1869, p. 435, Orizaba. 
Letheohia is proposed to form a new genus for Onychocephalus ccecus (Dum.) 
and L. pallida, sp. n., from Zanzibar. Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1868, 
p. 322. 
Conopsis nams. Notes by Peters, Berlin. Monatsber. 1869, p. 875. Co- 
nopsis= Oxyi'hina= Toluca == Chionactis (Cope)= Cemophora (Cope). — On the 
other hand, Mr. Cope proposes a new name for Oxyrhina, Ogmius. Proc. 
Am. Phil. Soc. 1869, p. 162. 
Ficimia olivacea — ^ Gyalopion canum (Cope), Peters, 1. c. p. 875. 
Syrnphimus leucostomus, g. et sp. n.. Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1869, p. 150, 
Oaxaca. 
Bergenia mexicana (Steindachner) is referred by Mr. Cope to his genus 
Chilomeniscus, 1. c. 
