REPTILIA. 
14 Bept. 
Discoglossus scovazzii, sp. n., Camerano, Atti Acc. Tor. xiii. p. 548, 
Morocco. 
On larva of Aly tes y/hich. remained in the water from May, 1869, to 
March, 1871, Wiedersheim, Zool. Anz. i. p. 104. 
AtelopuSj Phryniscus^ Allotis. P. Brocchi finds that a comparison of 
the diagnoses of the genera Atelopus and Phryniscus affords no valid 
ground for separation, and that A represents true species of the 
older Phryniscus. A telopus would not come into the section character- 
ized by Gunther as having the auditory apparatus completely developed, 
since it is without tympanum ; A. varius, Stan., would be an Atelopus 
and not a Phryniscus^ and P. Icevis^ Gthr., an Atelopus. Ollotis, Cope, 
cannot be distinguished from Bufo. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. p. 96. 
Melanohatrachus, g. n. Phryniscid ; toes cylindrical, not dilated at the 
ends ; no maxillary or vomerine teeth ; ear imperfectly developed ; no 
parotids ; sacral vertebra dilated ; toes webbed ; body slender, elongate, 
uniform in width ; muzzle short, obtuse ; fingers and toes short, meta- 
tarsus with a slightly swollen inconspicuous tubercle. M. indicus, sp. n., 
Beddome, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 722, S. India. 
Bufo vulgaris. On the characters of the spermatozoon of the Toad. F. 
Henneguy, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. p. 156. 
On change of habit in Toads ; C. "White, Nature, xvii. p. 242. • 
Bufo taitanus, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 208, pi. ii. fig. 9, Taita. 
Lymnodytes arfaJd, Mey., figured ; Peters & Doria, Ann. Mus Genov, 
xiii. pi. vi. fig. 1. 
Polypedates dispar ^ sp. n., Bottger, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1878-79, p. 2, 
Madagascar. 
Hyperolius glandicolor, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 208, pi. ii. fig. 9, Taita. 
Platymantis punctata^ sp. n., Peters & Doria, 1. c. p. 420, pi. vii. fig. 3, 
Hatam. 
Hyla {LitoHa) arfaJdana, p. 421, pi. vi. fig. 2, montana, p. 423, pi. vii. 
fig. 1, vagahunda^ p. 424, pi. vi. fig. 3, impura, p. 426, pi. vii. fig. 2, con- 
genita^ p. 427, pi. vi. figs. 4 & 5 ; iid. 1. c., Austro-Malayan region ; 
spp. nn. 
Microhyla achatina, Bois., var. n. moluccensis ; iid. 1. c. p. 428. 
Sphenophryne, g. n. “ Habitus raniformis, caput angulosum, rictus 
modicus; artus mediocres, digiti apice dilatati baud palmati; dentes 
nulli, lingua cordiformis, postice vix excisa, lateribus parteque posteriore 
libera ; tympanum sub cute distinctum ; tubes eustachii coarctatas ; cutis 
lasvis, paratoides nullse; processus sacrales dilatati. Olavicula tenuis, 
coracoideum dilatatum, sternum latum cartilagineum, manubrium nul- 
lum.” S. cornuta, sp. n., iid. 1. c. p. 430, pi. vii. fig. 4, New Guinea. 
Xenohatrathus, g. n. “ Habitus raninus, capite brevi rotuudato, rictus 
parvus, artus mediocres, digiti liberi, discis terminalibus mediocribus, 
dentes maxillares et vomerini nulli, palatini utrinque bini uncinati, 
recurvati, post choanes positi ; choanae parvae ; membrana tympani sub 
cute visibilis ; lingua cordiformis, postice incisa ; processus sacrales 
dilatati ; apparatus sternalis Calohylce ; manubrium sterni nullum,” X. 
ophiodon, sp. n. ; lid. 1. c. p. 432, pi. vii. fig. 5, Mount Arfak, Hatam. 
In “ Studi sugli anfibi anuri del Piemonte,” Lessona has given de- 
