REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
6 Rept. 
Bassani, F. Sui Fossili e sul? etk degli Schisti bituminosi di Besano in 
Lombardia. Communicazione preliminare. Atti Soc. Ital. xxix, 
pp. 15-72, 1886. [Omitted from Zool. Rec. xxiii.] 
Cope, E. D. A Contribution to the History of the Vertebrata of the Trias 
of North America. P. Am. Phil. Soc. xxiv, pp. 209-228, pis. i & ii. 
On some Reptiles and Batrachians from New Mexico. 
REPTILIA. 
The following is the classification of Ray Lankester, Art. “ Zoology.” 
Encycl. Brit, xxiv, p. 812 : — 
Subclass 1. Chelonia. 
„ 2. Lacertilia (Orders Rhynchocephala , Chamceleonina , Lacer- 
tilia). 
„ 3. Ophidia (Orders Opoterodonta, Colubriformla , Protero • 
glypha , Solenoglypha). 
„ 4. Crocodilia (Orders Amphiccelia , Opisthoccelia, Pr occulta). 
„ 5. Pterosauria. 
„ 6. Dinosciuria (Orders Sauropoda, Stegosauria , Ornithopoda , 
Theriopoda , Cceluria , Compsagnatha , Hallopoda). 
„ 7. Anomodontia. 
„ 8. Plesiosaur ia. 
„ 9. Ichthyosauria. 
Bronn, H. G. Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs. VI. Abth. iii, 
Peptilia , by C. K. Hoffmann. Lief. 57-64, pp. 1825-1984, pis. 
cxxxviii-clv. 
Conclusion of the Ophidia . — Embryology. 
Gascii, R. Beitriige zur vergleichenden Anatomie des Herzens der 
Vogel und Reptilien. Arch. f. Nat. xliv, pp. 119-152, pis. xi & xii. 
Liessner, E. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Kiemenspalten und ihrer 
Anlagen bei amnioten Wirbelthieren. Morph. JB. xiii, pp. 402-426, 
pi. xvi. 
Perj&nyi, J. V. Entwioklung des Amnion, Wollf’schen Ganges und 
dor Allantois bei den Reptilien. Zool. Anz. xi, pp. 138-141. 
An abstract of a paper published in Hungarian, M. tud. akadcmiai 
“Ertesito,” 1888. 
SQUAMATA. 
LACERTILIA. 
Beddard, F. E. On certain points in the Visceral Anatomy of the 
Lacertilia, particularly of Monitor. P. Z. S. 1888, pp. 98-107, figs.; 
also Anat. Anz. iii, pp. 204-206. 
The author finds that the Varanidw differ from other Lacertilia in the 
occasional complication of the cystic and hepatic ducts, which form a 
