FAUNAS. 
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L. Yaillant gives an account of tlie Reptiles and Batrachians collected 
by M. Revoil, in the Somali country. 3 species are described as new. 
Mission G. Revoil aux Pays Qomalis ; Faune et Flore ; Reptiles et 
Batracieus. Paris : 1882, 8vo, 25 pp. 3 pis. 
Peters, W. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Zoologie. 
hi. Amphibien. Berlin : 1882, 4to, 191 pp. 33 pis. 
J. Y. Barboza du Bocage has notes on some Reptiles from Angoche, 
Mossambique, in the Lisbon Museum. J. Sci. Lisb. viii. pp. 28G-290. 
Gunther, A. Ninth Contribution to the knowledge of the Fauna of 
Madagascar. Ann. N. H. (5) ix. pp. 262-2G6. 
Contains descriptions of 5 new species of Reptiles collected in East 
Betsileo by the Rev. Deans Cowan. 
Bottger, O. Diagnoses Reptilium et Batrachiorum novorum insulae 
Nossi-Be Madagascariensis. Zool. Anz. v. pp. 478-480. 
America. 
Cope, E. D. On the Zoological Position of Texas. Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. 1880, No. 17, pp. 1-51. 
This important paper, hitherto unrecorded, contains numerous 
notes on the Herpetological Fauna of Texas, and the description of 
several new forms, which will be noticed below under their respective 
headings. 
Bocourt, F. Mission Scientifique au Mexiquo et dans i’Am^rique 
Contralo ; I no partie, llltudes sur les Roptilos ot les Batraciens. 
Paris : 1882, fo. 8o livr. pp. 489-528, pis. xxvii.-xxx. 
Contains the conclusion of the Amphisbainidcc , and the 'first 3 families 
of Snakes, viz., Typhlopidce , Stenostomatidce , and Boidce. 
Brocchi, P. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans FAmerique 
Centrale; me partie, 2 e sect., Etudes sur les Batraciens. Paris: 
1882, fo. 2 e livr. pp. 57-9G, pis. xi.-xv. ; also pis. vi. & viii., omitted 
from the preceding fascicle. 
Contains a part of the Ecaudata. 
O. Bottger has a list of known Reptiles and Batrachians from 
the province St. Paul, Brazil. Ber. senck. Ges. 1880-81, pp. 130-133. 
Boulenger, G. A. Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected 
by Mr. Edward Whymper in Ecuador, in 1879-80. Ann. N. H. (5) 
ix. pp. 457-4G8. 
A list of 39 species, 4 being described as new. 
Australia. . 
Woods, J. E. T. On the Natural History of New South Wales. An 
Essay. Sydney : 1882, 8vo, 50 pp. 
Superficial notes on the herpetological Fauna, pp. 30-32. 
