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liEPTILIA. 
Agamidj5. 
Draco major ^ Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlvii. pt. 2, p. 125, Teuasserim ; D. 
heccarii^ Peters & Doria, 1. c. p. 373, Celebes spp. nn. 
Bronchocela hiirmana^ Blanford, 1. c. p. 126, Tenasserim ; B. intermedia^ 
Peters & Doria, 1. c. p. 375, Celebes : spp. nn. 
Gonyocephalus {Lophosteus) alhertisi, p. 377, G. (Ht/psilurus) hruiiniy 
p. 379, G. (^Arud) geelvinhianus, p. 381, spp. nn., iid. ibid., New Guinea. 
Lophosalea, g. n. No femoral pores, no lateral wings, tympanum 
naked ; crest of back and anterior portion of tail very high, the lobes 
separate ; scales of back and sides large, irregular, imbricate, subequal in 
size, but mixed with a few small scales strongly keeled, the tips directed 
backwards ; a few trihedral or spinous scales above the tympanum, a 
large regular sac ; tail of moderate length, very much compressed ; all 
the scales keeled, the lower ones very prominently. L. anamallayana, 
sp. n., Beddome, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 153, pi. xiv., Anamallay Mountains. 
Stellio stoliczkanus, p. 3, pi. i. figs. 1 & 2, figured ; Blanford, Second 
Yarkand Miss. 
On the habits of Stellio vulgaris ; J. Fischer, Zool. Gart. 1878, 
pp. 135-139. 
PhrynocepJialus aa;^7/a^7S, Blanf., figured; Blanford, tom. cit. pi. i. fig. 4. 
Remarks on the formation of Uromastix, Liolepis, and Phrynocephalus 
into a distinct family ; id. J. A. S. B. xlvii. pt. 2, p. 128. 
OPHIDIA. 
Tiegel, E. Vom Riickenmark der Schlangen und der Aale. Arch, 
ges. Phys. xvii. pp. 594-600. 
An account of experiments on the spinal marrow of Snakes and the 
Eel, conducted in the physiological laboratory at Tokio in Japan. 
Parker, W. K. On the Structure and Development of the Skull in the 
Common Snake {Tropidonotiis natrix). Phil. Tr. clxix. pp. 385-418, 
pis. xxvii.-xxxiii. 
On the structure and development of the Snake ; id., Nature, xviii. 
pp. 202 & 203. 
The primitive kidney and the sexual organs in Tropidonotus natrix, 
and other snakes ; Braun, Arb. Inst. Wiirzb. iv. pp. 139 & 153. 
Typhlops {Letheohia) unitomiatus, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1878, 
p. 205, pi. ii. fig. 5, Taita. 
Typhlops porrectus, Stol., var. described by Blanford, Second Yarkand 
Miss. p. 21, Yarkand. 
Onychocephaliis simoni, sp. n., Bottger, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1878-79, p. 58, 
Syria. 
Silybura nigra, nitida, peter si, maculata, p. 154, broughami, levingii, 
ochracea, dupeni, guentheri, madurensis, pp. 800-802, spp. nn., R. II. Bod- 
dome, P. Z. S., 1878, India. 
