6 Kept. 
REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
ORNITHOSAURIA. 
Newton, E. T. Article “ Pterodactyle,” in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 
9th ed., xx, pp. 86 & 87, figs. 
DINOSAURIA. 
E. D. Cope remarks on the sternum of the Dinosauria , a propos of the 
recent controversy between Hulke and Dollo [cf. Zool. Rec. xxii, Rept. 
p. 6], and gives figures of the supposed sternum of Diclonius and Mono- 
clonius, which confirm Dollo’s interpretation ; Am. Nat. xx, pp. 153-155, 
figs. 
G. Bauu remarks on the vertebrae of Zanclodon ; Zool. Anz. ix, p. 742. 
Iguanodon mantelli. On a maxilla ; Hulke, Q. J. Geol. Soc. xlii, p. 435, 
pi. xiv. 
Neosodon , n. g , for a Dinosaur- tooth, regarded as indicating an omni- 
vorous type, from the Upper Jurassic of Wimille, N. France ; de la 
Moussaye, Bull. Soc. geol. (3)^iii. [1885], p. 51, figs. Dollo, Rev. Quest, 
sci. xvii, p. 627, regards this tooth as that of a herbivorous Dinosaur, 
probably Iguanodon precursor , Sauvg. 
Ornithocheirus hilsensis , Koken. Reply to Will ist. on’s criticisms ; 
Koken, Zool. Anz. ix, pp. 21-23. Counter-reply by Williston; t. c. 
pp. 282 & 283. 
THEROMORPIIA. 
Cope, E. D. On the Structure of the Brain and Auditory Apparatus 
of a Theromorphous Reptile of the Permian Epoch. P. Am. Ass. 
xxxiv, pp. 336-341, and P. Am. Phil. Soc. xxiii, pp. 234-237, pi. 
Observations on a part of the skull of one of the Diadectidce (un- 
determined species), affording very clear information as to the aspect of 
the brain chamber. 
E. D. Cope makes remarks on the long-spined Theromorpha of the 
Permian Epoch. A synopsis of the three species of Naosaurus , Cope, is 
given. Am. Nat. xx, pp. 544 & 545. 
CHELONIA. 
Dollo, L. Premiere Note sur les Cheloniens du Bruxellien (Eocene 
Moyen) de la Belgique. Bull. Mus. Belg. iv, pp. 75-96, pis. i & ii. 
Before describing the new genus Pseudotrionyx , the author reviews 
the classification of the Chelonia lately proposed by Cope, suggesting a 
few improvements and changes of names in the division Cryptodira. A 
hypothetical suborder is proposed, “ ProcMloniens or Odontochelones ,” 
for ancestral, toothed forms. The question of the homology of tho 
Chelonian plastron with the sternum of other Vertebrates is discussed, as 
well as the nomenclature of the bones of the plastron. 
