ophidia. Rept. 15 
Loxocemus bicolor , Cope, described and partly figured; id. 1. c. p. 515, 
pi. xxx. fig. 5. 
Bna imperator , Daud., described and partly figured ; id. 1. c. p. 519, 
pi. xxx. fig. 8. 
Chilabothrus inornatus (Reinh.), described ; id. 1. c. p. 524. 
XJngaliophis , g. n., for U. continen tails, sp. n. (— Ungalia sp. ?, 
Muller); F. Muller, Abh. Ges. Basel, vii. p. 142, Guatemala. 
Python molurus (L.). Observations on the incubation of this snake, 
with special regard to the alleged increase of temperature during that 
process ; W. A. Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 960-967. 
Aspidiotes ramsayi , sp. n., Macloay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. p. 813, 
Fort Bourke, Australia. 
Pal^ophiiDjE. 
Palceophis littoralis, Cope (foss.),and halidanus , Cope (foss.) : vertebrae 
figured by Cope, Am. Nat. xvi. p. 981. 
Ukopeltid^e. 
On the presence of pterygoid and palatine teeth in some genera of 
Uropelts ( Melanophidium , P laty plectrums) ; Peters, S.B. nat. Fr. 1882, 
pp. 148-149. 
COLUBRIDJJ. 
Homalocranium sexfasciatum , sp. n., Fischer, Abh. Ver. Brem. vii. 
p. 225, pi. xiv. figs. 8-10, Costa Rica. 
Gcophis unicolor , sp. n., Fischer, l. c. p. 227, pi. v. figs. 1-3, Mexico. 
Microsoma notatum , sp. n., Peters, SB. nat. Fr. 1882, p. 127, habitat 
unknown. 
Prosymnajani (Bianc.), described by Peters, Reise n. Mossambique, iii. 
p. 106. 
Homalosoma varicgatum , Ptrs., described and figured : id. 1. c. p. 107, 
pi. xvi. fig. 1. 
Amblyodipsas microphthalma (Bianc.), described; id. 1. c. p. 109. 
Uriechis nigriceps, Ptrs., p. Ill, pi. xviii. fig. 1, capensis, Smith,, p. 112, 
and lunulatus, Ptrs., p. 113, pi. xviii. fig. 2, described and figured, id. 1. c. 
Simotes tcematus , Gthr. (?) from Saigon, described by F. Muller, Yerh. 
Ges. Basel, vii. p. 144. 
Contia episcopa , Kenn., recharacterized by Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
1880, No. 17, p. 20, and divided into 3 subspecies, viz., episcopa and tor - 
quata , subspp. nn., and isozona , Cope, 1866. 
Enicognathus , sp., from Uruguay, described by F. Miiller, l. c. p. 144. 
Liophis ( Lygophis ) y-grcecum, sp. n., Peters, SB. nat. Fr. 1882, p. 129, 
St. Paul, Brazil. 
Coronella olivacea , Ptrs., p. 114, pi. xvii. fig. 1, and semiornata , Ptrs., 
p. 116, pi. xvii. fig. 2. described and figured by Peters, Reise n. Mossam- 
bique, iii. 
