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Pseudoxyrhopus occipitalis, n. sp., Boulenger, Cat. Sn. iii, p. 613, 
Madagascar. 
Zaocys tornieri , n. sp., Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien, xlvi, p. 15, pi. i, fig. 1, 
Sumatra [= Herpetodryas carinatus , L. — Rec.]. 
Bascanion piceum , Cope : note by Van Denburgh, P. Calif. Ac. (2) v, 
p. 1006. 
Zamenis smithii , Blgr., recorded from Assab by Boulenger, Ann. Mus. 
Genova (2) xvi, p. 553. Z. somalicus, n. sp., id. op. cit. xvii, p. 11, 
Somaliland. Z. glazunovn , n. sp., Nikolski, Annuaire Ac. St. 
Petersb. 1896, App. p. xiv, Turkestan [— Z. ravergieri , Menetr. — 
Rec.]- 
Phrynonax poecilonotus , Gthr. (= guentheri , Blgr., lunulatus , Cope, 
fasciatus , Ptrs.) : notes by Peiiacca, Boll. Mus. Torino, xi, 
No. 253, p. 6. 
Coluber polylepis , n. sp., Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien, xlvi, p. 347, pi. vi, 
fig. 3, Honduras [— C. triaspis , Cope. — R ec.]. 
Dendrophis caudolineolatus , Gthr. : note by Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien, 
xlvi, p. 9. 
Dromicus sa?ictce-crucis, Cope, var. portoricensis , R. & L. : notes by Bou- 
lenger, Jahresber. Ver. Magdeburg, 1896, p. 113. 
Rliadinoca sagittifera , Jan : remarks by Koslowsky, Revist. Mus. La 
Plata, vi, 1895, p. 368 ; referred to Liophis by Peracca, Boll. Mus. 
Torino, xi, No. 252, p. 3. R. elegantissima, n. sp., Koslowsky, 
op. cit. vii, p. 155, pi. i, Sierra de la Ventana, Prov. Buenos Ayres. 
R. pulverivcntris , n. sp., Boulenger, Cat. Sn. iii, p. 635, Costa 
Rica. 
Coronella austriaca, Laur. : notes on the habits; Viaud-Grand-Marais, 
Bull. Soc. Ouest France, vi, p. 307. C. calligaster , Harl. : on its 
habits in confinement ; A. Hanau, Zool. Garten, xxxvii, p. 312. 
C. dalmatica, n. sp. (?), Katuric, Glasnik Naravosl. druzt. viii, 
p. 116, Dalmatia. 
Drepanodon [name preoccupied], n. g., for Clcdia anomala , Jan ; 
Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, xi, No. 231, p. 3. D. astigmaticus , 
n. sp., id. ibid. p. 5, Upper Amazon [= ? D. anomalus , Jan. — R ec.]. 
Asthenophis, n. g., allied to Prosymna, Gray, for A. ruspolii, n. sp., Bou- 
lenger, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xvii, p. 12, Somaliland. 
Scapliiopliis albopunctatus , Ptrs. : remarks by Tornier, Kriechth. 
O. Afr. p. 71. 
■Conopsis, Gthr. : on the variations in scales and coloration ; Duges, 
Bull. Mus. Paris, 1896, p. 319, figg. 
Homalosoma lutrix , L. : remarks by Tornier, Kriechth. 0. Afr. p. 72, 
pi. v, figg. 5-14. 
Atractus bwttgeri , n. sp., Boulenger, Cat. Sn. iii, p. 645, Bolivia. 
A. boulengeri and iridescens, n. spp., Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, xi, 
No. 252, pp. 1 & 2, figg., S. America. 
Geophis tecpanicus , n. sp., Duges, Naturaleza (2) ii, p. 455, pi. xxviii, 
Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico. [Belongs to Atractus , Wagl. — R ec.] 
Geophis albonuchalis , n> sp. ; Gunther, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xvii, p. 229, 
Sarawak. [Belongs to Agrophis , F. Mull. — R ec.] 
• Calamaria acutirostris and uiuelleri , n. spp., Boulenger, t. c. p. 394, 
Celebes. C. nuchalis , p. 62, curia , p. 62, and gracilis, p. 63, n. spp., 
id. op. cit. xviii, Celebes. C. anceps, n. sp., Werner, Verh. Ges. 
Wien, xlvi, p. 18, Borneo [= C. brachyura, Blgr. — R ec.]. 0. hosei, 
n. sp., Gunther, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xvii, p. 229, Sarawak. 
C. berezowsldi,' n. sp., GOnther, Annuaire Ac. St. Petersb. 1896, 
p. 205, pi. i, fig. a, Lun-ngan-fu, S. China. 
Dasypeltis scabra. L. : notes on the mode of feeding; M. Edith Durham, 
P. Z. S. 1896, p. 715, pl.xxxii. 
