16 Kept. 
BATRACHIA. 
posed to be new ; Lataste, Bull. Soc. Zool. iv. pp. 89-91. Determined 
as this species, and synonymy given ; Boulenger, 1. c. pp. 92-94. 
Rana ornatissima, sp. n., Bocage, J. Sc. Lisb. 1879, p. 98, Angola. 
Rana rugosa^ Schleg., p. 868, marmoratay Hallow, p. 871, sylvatica, 
Lee., p. 876, described from specimens in the Museum of Turin ; Came- 
rano, Atti Acc. Tor. xiv. 
Rana yunnanensis, sp. n., Anderson, Yunnan, p, 839, pi. Ixxviii. fig. 2. 
Ceratophrys cafferiy sp. n., Camerano, Atti Acc. Tor. xiv. Brazil. 
Cystignathus microtisy sp. n.. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xviii. p. 265, Gua- 
najuato. 
Discoglossus. A study of this genus, describing in detail D. pictuSy 
Otth., sarduSy Tsch., and scovazziiy Camerano, and maintaining the dis- 
tinctness of the two former species, the third being given as if for the 
first time [compare Zool. Rec. xv. Rept. p. 14], and also with a wrong 
reference, viz., tom. xiv. instead of xiii. Camerano, Atti Acc. Tor. xiv. 
pp. 435-491, pi. figs. 1-8. 
Discoglossus pictus, Otth.^ Lataste has made an exhaustive study of 
this species, with a view of fixing its position in the series. He analyses 
D. sarduSy pictus, and scovazzii of Camerano, but does not recognize their 
distinctness. Actes Soc. L. Bord. (4) iii. pp. 275-341, pis. iii.-v. 
Alytes cisternasiiy sp. n., Bosca, An. Soc. Esp. viii. pp. 217-227, Spain. 
F. Lataste has further investigated this species, and created for it a new 
genus, AmmorycliSy which he compares with Alytes ; he also characterizes 
the family Alytidce. O. R. Ixxxviii. pp. 983-985. 
Alytes ohstetricans hoscaiy subsp. u., Lataste, Rev. Int. iv. p. 543, 
Spain. 
Scaphiopus. The species long known under the name S. holbrooJci is 
the S. solitariusy Holbr. It would appear that another species, distinct 
from S. solitarius, has also been frequently confounded under the name 
of S. holbrooki ; this is described as S. dugesiy sp. n. Brocchi, Bull. Soc. 
Philom. (7) iii. p. 23, Mexico. 
Bombinator igneus. Further remarks on the so-called B. pachypuSy 
Fitz. ; Bedriaga, Zool. Anz. ii. pp. 664-668. 
. DromoplectruSy g. n., for Bufo anomaluSy Gthr. ; Camerano, Atti Acc. 
Tor.* xiv. p. 882. 
Bufo mexicanuSy sp. n., Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 23, 
Mexico. 
Bufo japonicuSy Schleg., p. 884, intermediuSy Gthr., p. 887, arenarum, 
Hens., p. 891, described, and occipitalisy sp. n., p. 889, Mexico; Camerano, 
Atti Acc. Tor. xiv. 
Remarks on the genus Bufoy with indication of B. boulengeri, sp. n. ; 
Lataste, Rev. Int. iii. pp. 436-438. 
Bufo monksiccy sp. n.. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xviii. p. 263, Guanajuato. 
Bufo dipternuSy sp. n.. Cope, Am. Nat. xiii. p. 437, Montana. 
Bufo ictericus, Spix. Experiments on the venomous properties of the 
parotid humours of the Brazilian Toad. Lacerda Filho, Arch. Mus. R. 
Jan. iii. [1878] pp. 33-39. 
Ilylarana margarianay sp, n., Anderson, Yunnan, p. 846, pi. Ixxviii. 
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