SQUAMATA. 
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p. 204, Ta-tsien-lu, China. L. ocelliferum [errore occllatum], pp. 233 
& 342, and colletti , p. 234, n. spp., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) 
xviii, Roebuck Bay, N.-W. Australia. L. ( Hinulia ) paradoxum , 
n. sp., Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien, xlvi, p. 13, pi. i, fig. 3, Sumatra 
[= L. anomalopus, Blgr. — R ec.]. L. (Liolepisma) subnitens, n.sp., 
Bcettger, Ann. Mus. Dresden, 1896, No. 7, p. 2, German New Guinea. 
Sepacontias modestus, Gthr. = Euprepes Iceviceps , Ptrs. ; Boulenger, 
Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xvii, p. 20. 
IlemispJueriodon tasmanicum, Lucas & Frost, = Lygosoma casuarince, 
D. & B. ; Lucas & Frost, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxi, p. 282. 
Rhodona tetradactyla , Lucas & Frost, described and figured by Lucas & 
Frost, Rep. Horn Exped. ii, p. 142, pi. xii, fig. 3. 
A blepharus lineo-ocellatus , D. & B., var. ruficauda , Lucas & Frost, 
described and figured by Lucas & Frost, Rep. Horn Exped. ii, 
p. 144, pi. x, fig. 3. A. greyi , Gray : note by Lucas & Frost, 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxi, p. 282. A. rhodonoides , n. sp., iid. 
ibid. p. 281, Mildura, Victoria. A. tenuis and ornatus, n. spp., 
R. Broom, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xviii, pp. 342 & 343, Muldiva, 
N. Queensland. 
Eumeces gilberti, n. sp., Van Denburgh, P. Calif. Ac. (2) vi, p. 350, 
Sierra Nevada, California. 
Chalcides ocellatus , Forsk.: notes by Anderson, Herp. Arab. p. 49 : 
n. var. Jiumilis ; Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xvi, p. 552, 
Erythrea. 
Sepsina ornaticeps , n. sp., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xvii, p. 448, 
Madagascar. 
Scelotes braueri , n. sp., Bcettger, Zool. Anz. xix, p. 349, Seychelles. 
Pygomeles trivittatus , n. sp., Boulenger, t. c. p. 449, Madagascar. 
RHIPTOGLOSSA. 
Chammleon calyptratus , A. Dum. : on a specimen from Yemen ; Ander- 
son, Herp. Arab. p. 62. C. dilepis , Leach, p. 47, and bitceniatus, 
Fisch. : remarks by Tornier, Kriechth. O. Afr. C. splicer opliolis , 
Reichen., p. 55, pi. ii, fig. 3, deremensis , Matschie, p. 56, pi. ii, fig. 8, 
taitensis, Stdr., p. 57, pi. ii, fig. 9 ,jischeri, Reichen., p. 57, pi. ii, fig. 4, 
temporalis , Matschie, p. 62, pi. ii, fig. 5, and spinosus , Matschie, p. 64, 
pi. ii, fig. 6, noticed and figured by Tornier, t.c. C. jaclcsonii, n. sp., 
Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xvii, p. 376, Uganda. 
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus , Matschie [= brachyurus, Gthr.] ; described 
and figured by Tornier, t. c. p. 64, pi. ii, fig. 7. 
OPHtDIA. 
Boulengeii’s third and concluding volume of the Catalogue of Snakes 
' deals with the Colubridce opisthoglyplice and proteroglyph.ee, Ambly- 
cephalidce, and Viperidce. 1639 species of Snakes are regarded as 
valid. 
C. Phisalix, C.R. Soc. Biol. (10) iii, pp. 963-965, dealing with the 
physiological characters of the buccal glands of Snakes, confirms 
the views of the Recorder on the classification of the suborder. 
Remarks on the dentition of Snakes and on the evolution of the poison- 
fangs ; Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1896, pp. 614-616. 
On the buccal glands and teeth of certain Opisthoglyph and Proteroglvph 
Colubrines; G. S. West, P. Z. S. 1895, pp. 812-826, pis. xliv-xlvi. 
On the poison apparatus and replacement of teeth in poisonous Snakes ; 
L. Kathaiiiner, SB. Ges. Wurzburg, 1896, pp. 8-10. 
