REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
14 Kept. 
H. A. Brons has notes upon the habits of some Western North 
American Snakes. Am. Nat. xvi. pp. 564-567. 
Hopley, Catherine C. Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent 
Life. London : 1882, 8vo, 614 pp. 
A purely popular Look. 
Stradling, A. The Desquamation and Digestion of Serpents from a 
new point of view. Zool. xl. pp. 50-55. 
. Snakes venomous and non-venomous. Tom. cit. pp. 140-145. 
. On the treatment of Snakes in captivity. Tom. cit. pp. 448-456. 
On destruction of life in India by poisonous Snakes. J. Fayrer, 
Nature, xxviii. pp. 205-208. 
TYPHLOPID2E. 
Typhlops tettentis, Ptrs., p. 92, pi. xv. fig. 1, mossambicus, Ptrs., p. 93, 
pi. xv. fig. 2, fornasinii , Bianc., p. 94, pi. xv. fig. 3, obtusus, Ptrs., p. 95, 
mucruso , Ptrs., p. 95, pi. xiii. fig. 3, varius, Ptrs., p. 97, pi. xiv. fig. 2, and 
xiv. a, fig. 1, riparius , Ptrs., p. 98, pi. xiv. a, fig. 2, dingo, , Ptrs., p. 98, 
pi. xiv. fig. 1, and xiv. a, fig. 3, and schlegeli, Bianc., p. 99, described and 
figured by Peters, Reise n. Mossambique, iii. 
Typhlops lenzi , p. 478, and euproctus , p. 479, spp. nn., Bottger, Zool. 
Anz. v., Nossi Be, Madagascar. 
Typhlops perditus , Ptrs., p. 499, pis. xxix. fig. 3, and xxx. fig. 3, and 
longissimus, D. & B., p. 500, pi. xxix. fig. 1, described and figured by 
Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex. Rept. 
Liotyphlops albirostris , Ptrs., described and figured ; id. 1. c. p. 501, 
pi. xxx. fig. 1. 
Ilelminthophis frontalis , Ptrs., described and figured ; id. 1. c. p. 502, 
* pi. xxx. fig. 2. 
Sl’ENOSTOMATIDAfl. 
Stenostoma longicaudum , Ptrs., p. 102, pi. xv. fig. 5, and scutifrons, Ptrs., 
p. 104, pis. xiv. a, fig. 4, and xv. fig. 4, described and figured by Peters, 
Reise n. Mossamb. iii. 
Stenostoma albifrons , Wagl., p. 505, pi. xxix. fig. 10, and dulce (Bd. & 
Gir.), p. 506, pi. xxix. fig. 8, described and figured by Bocourt, Miss. Sc. 
Mex., Rept. 
Siagonodon dugesi , Bocourt, described and figured ; id. 1. c. p. 507, 
pis. xxix. fig. 9, and xxx. fig. 4. 
BoiDiE. 
Charina bottce (Blainv.), described by Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. 
p.511. 
Wenona plumbea } Bd. & Gir., described and partly figured ; id. 1. c. 
p. 512, pi. xxx. fig. 7. 
