36 Rept. 
IV. REPTILIA AND B ATRAC HIA. 
Ihjlella puncticrus , n. sp., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xviii, p. 341, 
Costa Rica. 
Agalychnis moreletii , A. Dum. : note by Werner, Verb. Ges. Wien, xlvi, 
p. 351. 
Cory tho mantis , n. g., like Triprion and Diaglena , but without teeth on the 
parasphenoid, for C. greeningi , n. sp. ; Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. 
(6) xvii, p. 405, pi. xvii, fig. 3, Brazil. 
Pelobatidjl 
Pelodytes caucasicus } n. sp., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xvii, p. 406, 
and P. Z. S. 1896, p. 551, fig., pi. xxi, fig. 2, Caucasus. 
Pelodytoyms, n. g. for P. caucasica , n. sp. ; Nikolski, Annuaire Ac. St. 
Petersb. 1896, p. 137 [= Pelodytes caucasicus } Blgr. — R eg.]. 
DiSCOGLOSSIDA]. 
Bombinator pachypus, Bp. : remarks by Boulenger, Boll. Mus. Torino, 
xi, No 261. 
Alytes obstetricans , Laur.: notes on the habits in Germany; C. Hartmann, 
Nat. Sci. viii, p. 392. 
AGLOSSA. 
F. E. Beddard, P. Z. S. 1895, pp. 827-850, figg., has notes on the 
anatomy of Pipa and Xenopus , dealing chiefly with the diaphragm 
and the musculature. 
Xenopus boettgeri, n. sp., Tornier, Ivriechth. O. Afr. p. 163, fig., German 
East Africa. 
Ilymenochirus , n. g. for Xenopus boettgeri , Torn. ; Boulenger, Ann. 
Nat. Hist. (6) xviii, p. 420. 
Pipa americana , Laur. : on the pairing and ovipositiou. The female is 
provided with an ovipositor formed by the cloaca, by means of which 
the eggs are placed on the back. A. D. Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1896, 
p. 595, figg. 
F. Leydig, Zool. Anz. xix, pp. 49-54, investigates the dorsal brood- 
cells of Pipa americana. Translation in Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xviii, 
pp. 270-275. 
CAUDATA. 
J. de Bedriaga brings out the first part of a Monograph of the Tailed 
Batrachians of Europe ; Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1896, pp. 187-322. 
E. LOnnberg, Zool. Anz. xix, pp. 33-37, remarks on the Tailed Ba- 
trachians without lungs, and points out that the lungs are in a 
rudimentary condition in Ambly stoma opacum. 
L. Camerano, Auat. Anz.xii, pp. 114-119, Boll. Mus. Torino, xi, No. 237, 
and Atti Acc. Torino, xxxi, pp. 512-526, makes further remarks on 
apneumonous Tailed Batrachians, and on their mode of respiration ; 
and H. H. Wilder, t. c. pp. 182-192, figg., has a second paper on the 
same subject. 
On the heart of Desmognathus fusca and other lungless Salamanders ; 
G. S. Hopkins, Amer. Nat. xxx, pp. 829-833, pis. xvi & xvii. 
On the supposed tentacular apparatus of Amphiuma ; J. S. Kingsley, 
J. Comp. Neurol, vi, pp. 54-58, and A. Davison, Amer. Natural, 
xxx, pp. 684 — 689, figg. 
On variations in the vertebral column of Necturus ; G. H. Parker, Anat. 
Anz. xi, pp. 711-717, figg. 
