opmmA. 
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viz. : — Herpetodryas hernieri^ D. & B., var. trilineata^ p. 9, Dipsaa 
{Ileterurus) (jaimardi, Schl., var. granidiccps^ p. 14, pi. i. figs. 3 A-c ; and 
Eteirodipsas coluhrina^ Schl., var. citrina^ p. 16. 
2'yphlops madagascariensis, id. I. c. p. 3, pi. i. fig. 1, acuticaudus^ 
p. 416, figs. 2-2c, Palaos, {Onychocephalus) angusticeps, p. 417, figs. 3-3 C, 
New Caledonia ; Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. : spp. nn. 
Platy plectrums madurensiSj sp. n., Beddome, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 167, 
Madura. 
Silyhura dindigalensis and macror [r] hyncha, id. ibid., Southern India, 
spp. nn. 
Lahionaris, g. n. (Calamariidce). Internasals 2, praef rentals 2, f renal in 
direct contact with eye ; no praeocular, suboculars 2, temporals 4 (2 on 
each side), supralabials 6, fourth and fifth touching orbit, supranasal 1 ; 
nostril hollowed at the expense of the first supralabial ; 17 transverse 
series of scales; subcaudals divided, anal divided. L. filhoU, sp. n., 
Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1876, p. 94, Fiji Islands. 
Ophielaps, g. n. General aspect of the Elapoides. Body narrow, 
cylindrical, scales keeled, tail long, pointed, tapering ; urostegals simple, 
gastrostegals very broad, head elongate, somewhat broader than the 
neck ; temporals numerous. 0. braconnieri, sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. 
Philom. (7) i. p. 109, China. 
Elapomorphus coronatus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 110, South America. 
MainopMs, g. n. {Calamariidce) \ resembles Brachyorrhus,lSi.\\\i\, from 
which it is separated by having the anal plate bifid. M. robusta, sp. n., 
Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 36, Katow. 
Katophis, g. n. Body and tail rather elongate ; head rather narrow, with 
slightly constricted neck ; two pairs of frontals, a loreal and one anterior 
and three posterior orbitals ; eight upper labials ; scales elongate, 
keeled, the outer scale on each side square and not keeled on the anterior 
half of the body ; anal plate bifid ; subcaudals in two rows ; eye large, 
pupil rounded ; teeth equal, smooth. K. plumbea, sp. n., id. ibid., 
Katow. 
Oligodon travancoricum, sp. n., Beddome, 1. c. p. 685, South Travancore. 
Simotes vaillanti, sp. n., Sauvage (‘ L’Institut,’ Aug. 30, 1876), Bull. Soc. 
Philom. (7) i. p. 107, China. 
Ablahes homeyeri, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 620, Pungo Adongo. 
Lygophis pcecilostomus, Cope, = Dryophylax elegans, Tsch., and the 
genus Lygophis, Cope, is renamed Aporopliis ; Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. 
xvii. p. 34. 
Lielaphis modestus noticed with revised synonymy ; Gunther, P. Z. S. 
1877, p. 130. 
Tropidonotus hypomelas, sp. n., id. ibid. fig. 1, Austro-Malayan sub- 
region. 
Tropldonotus natrix. Note on the period of hatching of its eggs ; 
Lataste, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. ii. pp. 401 & 402. Robbing a bird’s nest at 
Gran on the Danube ; E. Merkl, Term, fiizetek, 1877, p. 82, On its skull ; 
Parker & Bettany, Morphology of Skull, pp. 187-212. 
Neusterophis atratus, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 614, pi. fig. 1, Chinchoxo. 
Eelicops trivittatus, sp. n., Cope, /. c. p. 92, hab. ?. 
