SQUAMATA. 
Kept. 9 
^ Platypholis, n. g. [name preoccupied, Boulenger, 1890], for Eumeces 
altamirani , n. sp., Duges, Nat. Mex. (2) i, p. 485, pi. xxxii, Michoachan, 
Mexico. 
Chalcides ocellatus , Forsk. : remarks by Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genov. 
(2) xii, p. 12 ; vars. villa, tus , Blgr., and polylepis, Blgr., figured, id. Tr. 
Z. S. xiii, pi. xvii, figs. 2 & 3. C. viridanus , Gravh. : notes by Stein- 
dac n n e it, Anz. Ak. Wien, 1891, p. 143, and SB. Ak. Wien, c. i, p. 300, 
and Ann. Hofmuseum Wien, vi, p. 297 ;*n. vars. sexlineata , simonyi , and 
bistriata , id. ibid., Cauary Is. C. simonyi , n. sp., id. t. c. pp. 143, 299, & 
299, Fuertevcntura, Canary Is. [ = C. viridanus, var. — R ec.]. C.lineatus, 
Leuck., figured by Boulenger, Tr. Z. S. xiii, pi. xvii, fig. 3. C. s^poides, 
Aud. : on its habits in confinement ; J. v. Fisciier, Zool. Gart. xxxii, 
p. 23. 
RHIPTOGLOSSA. 
Chanudeon hblinelii , pp. 141 & 307, pi. i, fig. 1, and leiJcipiensis, pp. 142 
& 309, pi. i, fig. 2, n. spp., St e i n n ac h n e it, Anz. Ak. Wien, 1891, aud SB. 
Ak. Wien, c. i [= C. biUmiatvs , Fisch. — R ec.]. C. tavetensh , n. sp., id. 
t. c. pp. 142 & 310, pi. i, fig. 3, Taveta, foot of Kilimandjaro, =*- C. abbotli , 
n. sp., Stejneger, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv, p. 353, Kilimandjaro. C. 
longicauda, n. sp., GUNTHER, Ann. N. II. (6) viii, p. 287, pi. xiv, Mada- 
gascar. 
Rhamplioleon robeccliii , n. sp., Boulenger, Anu. Mus. Genov. (2) xii, 
p. 13, pi. i, fig. 3, Somaliland. 
PYTHONOMORPHA. 
S. W. Williston has notes on a specimen of Clidastes ( vclox , Marsh, 
= cineriarum , Cope ?) from Kansas ; Science, xviii, p. 345. 
DOLICHOSAURIA. 
Ilydrosaurus lesinensis , Kornhuber (foss.), is referred to this suborder ; 
Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 115. 
OPHIDIA. 
Sclater, W. L. Notes on the Collection of Snakes in the Indian 
Museum, with Description of several new species. J. A. S. B. lx, 
pp. 230-250, pi. vi. 
. List of the Snakes in the Indian Museum. Calcutta : 1891, 8vo, 
'79 pp. 
e A. de Zigno, Atti (Mem.) Acc. Padova, vi (1890) writes on fossil 
Tertiary Snakes from Italy. 
Werner, F. Ueber Giftschlangen. Verh. z.-b. Wien, xii, SB., 
pp. 38 & 39. 
E. D. Cope, Am. Nat. xxv, p. 156, fig. 1, remarks on the epiglottis in 
Colubrine Snakes. 
