10 Ilept. 
REITILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
Treadwell, A. L. On the Development of the Male Copulatory Organ 
in Snakes. Am. Nat. xxv, pp. 490-494, figs. 
McAlpine, D. Observations on the Movements of the Heart of the 
Copper-head Snake ( Hoplocephalus superbus , Giinth.), in and out of 
the Body. P. R. Soc. Yict. (2) iii, pp. 27-35. 
Williams, J. L. Experiments on Snake Locomotion. Science, xviii, 
pp. 123 & 124. 
Sibley, W. On the Incubation of Snakes’ Eggs. Rep. Brit. Ass. 
1890, p. 860. 
E. D. Cope, Am. Nat. xxv, p. 742, remarks on the Snakes known to 
live in banana bunches. 
Typhlopida’. 
Typhlops platycephalus , D. & B. (= Ophthal million fuscum, A. Dum.), 
described by Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 352. T. ( Onychocephalus) 
newtoni , n. sp., Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. (2) ii, p. 61 (1890), St. Thome I., 
W. Africa. 
GLAUCONIID2E. 
Glaucoma , Gray. Leptotyphlops t Fitz. (nom. nud.) is revived by 
Stejneger, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv, p. 501, to take the place of Ste- 
nostoma t Wagl., pre-occupied. Stenostoma rubellum , Garm., = S. dulce, 
B. & G.; id. ibid. 
Boid M. 
Xiphosoma hortulanum, L. : notes on the habits ; R. R. Mole & F. W. 
Uricii, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 447. 
^ Hypapistes , n. g. Pythoninarum , for II. dipsadides , n. sp., Douglas- 
Ogilby, Rec. Austral. Mus. i, p. 192, Fly River, New Guinea. 
COLUBRI DiE. 
Aglyphct. 
F. Werner, Biol. Centralbl. xi, pp. 698-700, has notes on the par- 
turition of Coronella austriaca , and on the character of the eggs in other 
European Colubridce. 
Calamaria javanica, n. sp., Boulenger, Aun. N. H. (6) vii, p. 279, Java. 
Lycodon atropurpureus , Cant. : note by Boulenger, Ann. N. H. (6) vii, 
p. 462. L. ( Tetragonosoma ) effrenis, Cant., re-described and figured by 
Steindacuner, SB. Ak. Wien, c. i, p. 289, pi. ii, fig. 2. ' 
Boodon , D. & B. : a synopsis of the species, with indication of the 
synonyms ; Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xii, p. 14. 
lleterolepis , Smith, Gonyonotus, Mocq., and Ilormonotus , Hallow. : 
remarks by Boulenger, Ann. N. H. (6) viii, pp. 344-346. 
