12 Ite'pt, 
REPTILIA. 
Microdiscopus sumatranus, g. & sp. nn., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1877, 
p. 422, pi. fig. 4. Subsequently found to correspond closely with Oxy- 
glossus (Phrynoglossus) Icevh, Gthr. ; id. 1. c. p. 682. 
Mana esculenta. On its naturalization in Norfolk j L. A. Newton, 
Tr.'Norw. Soc. ii. pp. 264-267. 
Eana inguinalis, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (4) xix. p. 316, Madagascar. 
Rana vaillanti, p. 176, Belize, macroglossa, p. 177, Guatemala, macu- 
lata, p. 178, Mexico, spp. nn. ; R. lecontii, Bd. & Gir., redescribed, 
p. 179 ; P. Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 
Cyclorrhamphus angustipes, p. 38, pustulosus, p. 39, Cope, 1. c., spp. nn., 
Peru. 
Hemiphr actus \_Rana scutata, Spix], its osteology ; P. Brocchi, Ann. 
Sc. Nat. (6) V. No. 7, 18 pp. 1 pi. 
Cystignathus lahialis^ sp. n., Oope, 1. c., p. 90, Mexico P. C. caUginosus, 
Gir., rodosoribod, p. 180, C, ochinatus^ p. 181, G«atomula,/ra|/ih’i», p. 182, 
Tehuantepec, spp. nn. Id., Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 
Pleurodema cinereum, sp. n., Cope, 1. c. p. 40, Peru. 
Pleurodema sachsi] sp. n., or ? P. hibroni, var. B, Gthr. (Cat., p. 32), 
Peters, 1. c. p. 460, Venezuela. 
Liohyperus mexicanus, sp. n., Brocchi, 1. c. p. 184, Mexico. 
Ranasier, g. n. (Discoglossidcc) ; teeth maxillary and vomerine large, 
bicuspid, and distant. R. convexiusculus, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. W. ii. p. 136, New Guinea. 
Engystoma. Brocchi doubts the distinctness of Hypopachus, Kef., 
and describes specimens identified as H. inguinalis, Cope. E. variolosum. 
Cope, and E. ustum, Cope ; 1. c. pp. 189-193. 
Bafo vulgaris and Rana temporaria. Observations on the habits of 
these species during the spawning season; P. Knauer, Verh. z.-b. Wien, 
xxvi. (Sitzungsberichte) pp. 73-76. 
On toads eating bees ; Brunet, Nature, xv. p. 602. 
Bufo travancoricus, sp. n., Beddome, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 685, Travancore. 
Bufo hocourti, p. 186, Mexico, levifrons, p. 187, Mexico, spp. nn. ; 
notice of B. agua, p. 188. Brocchi, 1. c. 
Bufo melanochlorus, Costa Rica, canaliferus, Tehuantepec, Cope, 1. c. 
p. 85 ; spp. nn. 
Ilylophorhus, g. n. (Opisthogl. Platyd.). Elongate, head small ; eyes 
prominent ; nostrils on side of snout, which is prominent ; mouth open- 
ing beneath ; teeth none ; internal nostrils almost hidden under pro- 
jecting snout ; tongue not free behind ; fingers and toes free and slight, 
with a small but distinct short transverse disc at their extremities ; 
tympanum visible, but covered with skin ; skin smooth ; no parotids ; 
? sacral vertebrae. H. rufescens, sp. n., Macleay, 1. c. p. 136, New 
Guinea. . 
Hylarana nehulosa, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 137, New Guinea. 
Polypedates davidi, sp. n., Sauvage, 1. c. p. 117, China. 
Hyperolius Leptosomus, fig. 5, adspersus, fig. 6, Peters, 1. c. p. 619, 
Chinchoxo : spp. nn. 
Phyllobates cystignathoides, sp. n.. Cope, 1. c. p. 89, Vera Cruz. 
Jly lodes bocourti, sp. n., Brocchi, 1. c. p. 130, Coban. 
