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Pityoplris melanoleucus , D. & B. : notes on the egg aud embryo ; J. P. 
Moore, Amer. Natural, xxvii, 1893, p. 878, pi. xix. P. catcmfer 
deserticola , n. subsp , Stejneger, North Amer. Fauna, No. 7, 1893, 
p. 206, California. 
Gonyoplns margari talus, Ptrs., redescribed by Werner, Verb. Ges. Wien, 
xliii, 1893, Abb. p. 357. 
Philothamnus heterolepidoius, Gthr., and neglectus , Ptrs. ; notes by 
Pfeefer, t. c. pp. 82-84. P. punctata * , Ptrs, n. var. sansibaricus , 
id. ibid. P. guentheri, n. sp., id. ibid ., Mozambique | —P. irregularis, 
Leach. — R ec.]. P. girardi , n. sp., Bocagk, J. Sci. Lisb. (2) iii, 1893, 
p. 47, Anno Bom I., Guinea. 
^ Acanihophallus, n. g., for Xcnodon colubrimis, Gthr. ; Cope, Atner. 
Natural, xxvii, 1893, p. 482. 
Ablabes decijnens , n. sp., Gunther, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rept. p. 105, 
pi. xxxvii, fig. a (1893), Costa Rica [= Liophis lateristriga , Berth. 
— Rec.]. 
Elapochrous digitalis, Salv., figured by Gunther, t. c. pi. xxxvi, 
fig. A. 
Liophis epincphelus , Cope, figured by Gunther, t. c. pi. xxxvii, fig. 13. 
Rhadimm godmani , Gthr., pi. xxxix, fig. b, and laureata , Gthr., pi. xl, 
fig. a, figured by Gunther, t. c. Dromicus omiltemanas, d. sp., id. 
ibid. p. 113, pi. xl, fig. B (1894), Omilteme, Guerrero [= Rliadinaia 
vittata , Jan, var. — R ec.]. 
Aporophis coralliventris , n. sp., Boulenger, Am. Nat. Hist. (6) xiii, 1891, 
p. 346, Paraguay. 
Coronella, Laur. : on the colour-variations of O.doliata, C. triangulum, and 
allies, Cope, Amer. Natural, xxvii, 1893, p. 1066, pis. xxiv-xxviii. 
C. auslriaca, Laur. : notes by Boulenger, Zoologist (3) xviii, 1894, 
p. 10, figs. C. annulata , Kenn. : varieties figured by Gunther, 
Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rept. pi. xxxviii (1893). C. leonis, n. sp., id. 
ibid. p. 110, pi. xxxix, fig. a, Nuevo Leon. C. plumbiceps, n. sp., 
Bcettger, Zool. Anz. xvi, 1893, p. 117, Somaliland [— C. semi- 
ornata , Ptrs. — R ec.]. 
Diadophis punctatus , L. : note on a specimen from Nova Scotia ; 
H. Piers, P. N. Scotia Inst. (2) i, 1892, p. 181. 
Ilypsiglena texana , n. sp., Stejneger, North Amer. Fauna, No. 7, 1893, 
p. 205, Texas [= H. ochrophaia, Cope. — R ec.]. 
^ Dicraulax, n. g., for Simotes trinotatus, D. & B. ; Cope, t. c. p. 480. 
Simoles annulifer , n. sp., Boulenger, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1893, p. 524, 
Borneo. 
Oligodon everetti, u. sp., Boulenger, ibid., Borneo. 
Lygonirostra stuhlmanni , n. sp., Pfeffeu, Jahresber. Hamburg. Anst. x, 
1893, p. 78, pi. i, figs. 8-10, Usambara, E. Africa [= Prosy mna 
ambigua, Boc. — R ec.]. 
Ablabes stoliczlcce, W. Sclater : note by Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genova 
(2) xiii, 1893, p. 325. 
Gyclophis coronella , Schleg., modestus, Martin, and colldris , Men., referred 
