REPTIIJA. 
2 Rept, 
Furbringer, M. Zur vergleichenden Anatomie und Entwickelungs- 
geschichte der Excretionsorgane der Vertebraten. Morph. JB. iv. 
pp. 1-111, pis. i.-iii. 
On the development of the excretory system in the Reptilia, pp. 2-236. 
Gegenbaur, 0. Bemerkungen iiber den Vorderarm niederer Wirbel- 
thiere. , Morph. JB. iv. pp. 314-319. 
Hoffmann, C. Beitrage zur vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere. 
Niederl. Arch. Zool. iv. pp. 112-248, pis. ix.-xiii. 
On the carpal bones of the Chelonia, pp. 112-119. On the same bones 
in the Sauria, pp. 120-125. In the Crocodilian pp. 125-128 ; the carpal 
bones of the Reptilia and the Amphibia compared, pp. 128 & 129. On 
the tarsus of the Chelonian pp. 130-136. On the tarsus of the Sauria^ 
pp. 136-148 ; of the Crocodilian p. 149 ; comparison of the tarsus of 
Amphibia and Reptilian PP- 151 & 152. On the integument and dermo- 
skeleton of the Chelonian pp. 153-185. On the chorda dorsalis of the 
Chelonian pp. 185-199. On the morphology of the ribs, pp. 199-240. 
Korvbutt-Daszkiewicz, — . Ueber die Entwickelung der Nerven aus 
Plasmazellen beim Frosche. Arch. mikr. Anat. xv. pp. 1-7, pi. i. 
P.\RKER, W. K. On the Structure and Development of the Skull in 
the Common Snake (Tropidonotus natrix), Phil. Tr. clxix. pp. 
385-418, pis. xxvii.-xxxiii. 
. On the Structure and Development of the Skull in the Lacertilia. 
Part I. On the Skull of the Common Lizards (Lacerta agilis, L. viridiSn 
and Zootoca vivipara). P. R. Soc. xxviii. pp. 214-217 (abstract). 
Partsch, C. Beitrage zurKenntniss des Vorderarms einiger Amphibien 
und Reptilien. Arch. mikr. Anat. xiv. pp. 179-202, pi. xii. 
SCHOBL, J. Ueber eine eigenthiimliche Schleifenbildung der Blutgefasse 
ira Gehiru und Riickenmark der Saurier. Arch, mikr, Anat. xv. 
pp. 60-63, pi. iv. figs. 1 & 2. 
F. Muller has compiled a catalogue of Reptilia and Amphibia in the 
Museum of Basel. Copious notes on different species and details re- 
specting the specimens are appended ; several species and one or two 
genera are indicated as new, but without receiving any designation. 
Verb. Ges. Bas. vi. pp. 559-709. 
O. V. Linstow enumerates the reptiles which are infested with para- 
sitic worms, naming the parasites which affect each species. Compend. 
der Helminthologie ; Hannover : 1878, 8vo, pp. 175-206. 
Bedriaga gives accounts of various reptiles in captivity. Zool. Gart. 
1878, pp. 82-90. 
CLASSIFICATION. 
Cope, E. Professor Owen on the Fythonomorpha. Bull. U. S. Geol. 
Surv. iv. pp. 299-311. 
A review of Professor Owen’s criticisms on the views as to the position 
