G llept. 
KEPTILIA. 
Cope also contributes notices of the Eeptilian fauna of Montana, 
describing a new Bufo ; Am. Nat. xiii. pp. 435-439. 
A. Duges on the Crotaline Snakes of Mexico ; infrd^ p. 1,3. 
New Batrachia Anura from Central America. P. Brocciii, Bull. Soc. 
Philom. (7) iii. pp. 19-24. 
OHELONIA. 
Bronn, — . Klassen uud Ordnungen des Thierreichs. Band vi. Abth. iii. 
pp. 1-76, pis. i.-xxiii. Reptilia by C. Hoffmann. Chelonia. 
The last cervical vertebra in Chelonia is not opisthocoeliau, and is 
united to the first dorsal only by a ligament, the zygapophyses forming 
the only solid means of articulation between these two bones ; Vaillant, 
Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 239. A correction of a former conclusion ; 
see Zool. Bee. xiv. Rept. p. 5. 
Testudo elongata^ Blyth, p. 706, platynota^ Blyth (T. elegans^ var., 
Gthr,), p, 712, described ; Anderson, Yunnan, vol. i. 
Geoemyda : generic characters discussed, p. 716, G. depressa, Anders., 
p. 721, pis. Iv. Ivi. & Ixxv. h, figs. 1-5, described and figured ; id. op. cit. 
Emys trijuqa. D. & B., var. burmana, described and figured : id. 1. c. 
p. 723, pis. Ivii. & Iviii. 
Balagur trivittata, D. & B., p. 730, pis. Ixii. & Ixiii., duvaucellii, D. & 
B., p. 739, lineata, Gray, p. 745, described ; B. iravadica^ sp. n., p. 705, 
pis. xliv. xlv. xlviii. & xlix., Irawady: id. op. cit. 
Batagur (Moreuia) ocellata^ D. & B., p. 755, pis. lx. & Ixi., petersi, 
Anders., p. 761, pi. lix. ; B. (HardeUa) thurgi, Gray, p. 764 ; B. {Tetra- 
onyoo) haska, Less., p. 771, pis. Ixvi. & Ixvii. : id. op. cit. 
Emyda scufata^ Pet., p. 779, pis. Ixxiv. Ixxv. & Ixxv. a : id. op. cit. 
Trionyx pegueneh, Gray, p. 786, pis. Ixx.-lxxiii., with particular 
remarks on the spepimens of Trionyx collected by Theobald ; id. op. cit. 
EHYNOHOOEPH ALIA. 
Sphmodon punctatum. Further notes on the Tuatara Lizard ; W. 
Buller, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xi. pp. 349-351. 
SAUlUA. 
AmPHISB.EN1DAi]. 
In a paper (MB. Ak, Berl, 1879, pp. 273-277, plate) which deals with 
the characters and classification of the Amphisbaenians, Peters describes 
4 ud notices the following ; — 
Lepidosternon wuchereri, sp. n., p. 276, pi. fig. 1, Bahia. 
Monopeltis sphenorrhynckus, sp. n. {M. capensis, Pet., nec Smith), p. 275, 
footnote. 
Dalophin welwitschi, Gray, = Phractogoi\us galeatus, Hallow, p. 276, 
footnote. 
