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Platymantis plicifera, Gthr., from Duke of York Island ; Gunther, 
P. Z. S. 1877, p. 132. 
Litoria guttata^ p. 137, dorsalis, p. 138, Macleay, 1. c., Now G uinea : 
spp. nn. 
Lithodytes lanciformis, p. 88, pelviculus, p. 89, West Coast of Central 
America, Cope, 1. c. : spp. nn. 
Chorophilus verrucosus, p. 87, Florida, cuzcanus, p. 37, Peru, the first of 
the genus from S. America ; id. 1. c., spp. nn. 
Hyld. Notes on H.moreleti, Dum., haudini, D. B., regilla and eximia, 
B. & Gir. ; & H. pansosana and plicata, spp. nn.. Central America ; 
Brocchi, 1. c. pp. 122-128. 
Ilyla stelzneri, sp. n., Weyenbergh, in Napp’s Argentinische Republik, 
p. 165. 
Hyla thcsaurensis, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 421, Solomon Islands. 
Hyla spilomma, p. 86, histincta, p. 87, Vera Cruz, Cope, 1. c. : spp. nn. 
Pelodryasmilitarius, Ramsay, from New Guinea; Macleay, 1. c. p. 138. 
Plectrohyla, g. n. Tympanum not visible: allied to Eucnemis and 
Micrhyla, but with vomerine teeth and curious conformation of the 
hand. P. guatemalensis, sp. n., P. Brocchi, 1. c. p. 92, Guatemala. 
Cauphias, g. n., for the above-recorded Plectrohyla guatemalensis and 
C. crassus, sp. n., Mexico, id. 1. c. p. 129. 
Callula notosticta, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (4) xix. p. 316, pi. 16 c, 
Madagascar. 
Grandidier’s Callulce belong to Dyscophus. Note by A. Grandidier, 
admitting Dyscophus insularis to be the young of Kaloula guineti, and 
characterizing D. insularis var. n. antongilii ; Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 
p. 41. 
Dendrohates tinctorius, with peculiar coloration ; Brocchi, 1. c. p. 194. 
Rhinophryne (genus noticed) rostratus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 196, Mexico. 
Batrachia Gradientia. 
Chauvin, M. V. Ueber das Anpassungsvermogen der Larven von 
mandra atra. Z. wiss Zool. xxix. pp. 324-351, pi. xxii. 
IIasselt, a. W. M. van. Contributions Thistoire naturollo des Sala- 
mandres aquatiques. Arch. Nderl. (6) xii. pp. 215-297. 
A translation from the Dutch of the author’s previous papers. 
Leydig, F. Die Hautdecke und Hautsinnesorgane der Urodelen. 
Morph. JB. ii. pp. 287-318, pis. xviii.-xxi. 
SiEBOLD, C. V. Ueber die geschlechtliche Entwicklung der Urodelen- 
larven. Z. wiss. Zool. xxviii. pp. 68-72. 
General remarks on the interesting subject of sexual development in 
the larval stage, established by Filippi’s observations on Triton alpestris, 
and subsequently confirmed by several experimental observers of the 
commoner tailed Batrachians. Filippi’s Memoir in ‘ Archivio per la 
Zoologia’ (Genova, 1861), is reprinted, 1. c. pp. 73-78. 
Experiments on the respiration of Perennibranchiate Batrachians ; 
F. Jolyet & P. Regnard, Arch. Phys. (2) iv. p. 611. 
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