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glyph presenting the general characters of the Leptognathi , but distin- 
guished from any other snake by having no other maxillary teeth but 
the posterior sulcate fang. 0. degener , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 1149, fig., 
habitat unknown, probably America. 
ElAPID.33. 
Diemen iaferox, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. p. 812, Fort 
Bourko, Australia. 
Vermicclla annulata, Gray, described and figured by McCoy, Prodr. 
Zool. Viet., Doc. vi. p..ll, pi. lii. [1881]. 
Elapsoidea semi- annulata, sp. n., Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. viii. p. 303, 
Benguela. 
Cyrtophis scutatus, Sundev., described and figured by Peters, Reise n. 
Mossambique, iii. p. 139, pi. xx. figs. 1-6. 
Naia ingens , sp. n., Van Hasseltj Versl. Ak. Amst. xvii. p. 140, Sumatra 
or Borneo. 
Dinodipsas, g. n., resembling Dipsas in external characters, but with 
the dentition of Atractaspis and Causus ; Peters, SB. Ak. Berl. 1882, 
p. 893. D. angulifera , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 894, pi. xv., Puerto Cabello, 
Venezuela; 
VlPERIDvE. 
Vipera euphratica , Mart., p. 315, and ammodytes , L., p. 322; extensive 
remarks by Bedriaga, Bull. Mosc. lvi. 
Vipera superciliaris , Ptrs., described and figured by Peters, Reise n. 
Mossambique, iii. p. 144, pi. xxi. 
Crotalus intermedins , sp. n., Fischer, Abh. Ver. Brem. vii. p. 230, 
pi. xiv. figs. 1-4, Mexico. 
Bothrops ( Bothriechis ) bernouillii , F. Mull., = B. bicolor , Cope ; F. 
Muller, Verh. Ges. Basel, vii. p. 155. 
Trigonocephalus bilineatus (Gthr.), pi. xxvii. fig. 1 , piscivorus (Lac6p.), 
pi. xxvii. fig. 2, and contortrix (L.), pi. xxviii. figured by Bocourt, Miss. 
Sc. Mox., Rept. 
BATRACHIA. 
As an appendix to the ‘ Catalogue of Batrachia gradientia, &c.’ {infra, 
p. 25), pp. 105-118, the Recorder has published a summary of the geogra- 
phical distribution of the Batrachia, remarking that the plan according 
to which these animals have been dispersed over the globe’s surface, i& 
much the same as that recognized by Gunther for the freshwater fishes. 
The principal geographical divisions adopted for the latter, receive for 
the Batrachia a slight modification, viz.; the union of the Southern with 
the Equatorial zone. The designations Cyprinoid and Acyprinoid 
Divisions are changed, for this class of animals, into Firmisternia and 
Arcifera. 
Blaue, J. Uber den Bau der Naseuschleimhaut bei Fischen und 
Amphibien. Zool. Anz. v. pp. 657-660. 
