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Atractoceplialus^ g. n. (Calamar.), for A, raffrayi, sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. 
Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 62, Ternate. 
Typhlogeophis^ g. n. (Calamar.), for T. brevis, sp. n., Giinfcher, P. Z. S. 
1879, p. 77, Philippine Islands. 
Oxyorrhus, g. n., for 0. fusiformis, sp. n., Fischer, Yerh. Yer. Hamb. 
(n. s.) iii. p. 89, pi. ii. fig. 4, Boeroe Island. 
Oligodon suhgriseus P described ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlviii. pt. ii. p. 114. 
Ahlahes humherti, var. from Ellore, described ; id. 1. c. p. 115. 
Coronclla hachmanni, sp. n., Weyenbergh, Period. Zool. Argent, ii. 
p. 193, Cordoba. 
Elaphis yunnanensis, sp. n., Anderson, Yunnan, p. 813. 
Cynophis helena from Ajmere; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlviii. pt. ii. p. 125. 
Zamenis diadema from Ajmere; id. ibid. 
Zamenis jischeri, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1879, p. 777, Malindi. 
Spilotes rhombifer, sp. n., id. ibid. New Granada. 
Bellophis, g. n., (Colubr.), for B. zonatus, sp. n., Lockington, P. Cal. Ac. 
vii. p. 52, North California. 
Tropidonotus quadriserialis, sp. n., Fischer, 1. c. p. 82, pi. i. fig. 2, 
Mazatlan. 
Calopisma sp. n., Fischer, 1. c. p. 84, pi. i. fig. 3, Mexico. 
Hypsirrhina maculata, sp. n., Blanford. 1. c. p. 130, Pegu. 
Dendrophis philippinensis, sp. n., Gunther, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 78, pi. iv., 
Philippine Islands. 
Leptognathus ajfinis, sp. n., Fischer, 1. c. p. 78, pi. i. fig. 1, Colombia. 
Ophites fasciatus, sp. n., Anderson, Yunnan, p. 827, pi. Ixxviii., Ponsee. 
Lycodryas, g. n. (Lycodont.), for L. sancti-johannis, sp. n., Gunther, 
Ann. N. H. (5) iii. p. 218, Johanna Island. 
Procinura, g. n., E. D. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xviii. p. 262. Denti- 
tion opisthoglyph ; form of Elapomorphus. Near Scolecophis, Cope, with 
caudal tubercular carination. P. cemula, sp. n., id. ibid., Mexico. 
Diemenia superciliosa, Fisch., figured and described from Yictoria; death 
from its bite recorded: F. McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Yict. iii.pp. 11 & 12, pi. xxiii. 
figs. 1-1 f. D. microlepidota, p. 12, pi. xxiii. figs. 2 & 3, Murray and Dar- 
ling rivers, and D. aspido{r]rhyncha, p. 13, fig. 4, Yictoria, spp. nn., id. 1. c. 
Naia anchietce, sp. n., or P N. haje var. viridis, Peters ; Bocage, J. So. 
Lisb. 1879, p. 98, Angola. 
Pelias berus in Piedmont ; Lessona, Atti Acc. Tor. xiv. p. 748. 
On the Yipers of Spain, with Vipera latastii, sp. n. ; Bosca, An. Soc. 
Esp. viii. p. 67 ; Bull. Soc. Z. iii. [1878] p. 116, pi. iv. 
Vipera ammodytes, Latr. On its geographical distribution in Italy ; 
De Betta, Atti 1st. Yenet. (5) v. May, 1879 (29 pp.). 
Vipera berus seoanii, subsp. n., Lataste, Bull. Soc. Zool. iv. p. 132, Spain, 
Echis carinata in woods near Ellore ; Blanford, 1. c. p. 116. 
A. Duges publishes materials for a monograph of the Crotaline snakes 
of Mexico in Nat. Mex. iv. pp. 1-29. He furnishes details and figures of 
the anatomy, and describes Crotalus jimmezii, sp. n., p. 23, pi. i. fig. 18. 
Bothrops jararaca. Experimental observations on the poison of the 
Brazilian Fer-de-Lance ; Filho, Arch. Miis. R. Jan. ii. pp. 1-17. See 
also Couty & Lacerda, C. R. Ixxxix. p. 372. 
