SQUAMATA. Bept. 21 
Scincus hemprichii , Wgm. : notes by Anderson, P. Zool. Soc. London, 
1895, p. 650. 
Scelotes bellyi , Mocq. = Sc. mouroundava, Grand. ; Mocquard, C.R. Soc. 
Philora. 1895, p. 36. S. poensis , n. sp., Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. (2) 
iv, p. 16, Fernando Po. 
Sepsina copii , Bocage, and bayo?m f Bocage, figured by Bocage, Herp. Ang. 
pi. vii, figg. 1 & 2. 
Typhlacontias punctatissimns , Bocage, figured by Bocage, op. cit. pi. vii, 
fig. 3. 
RHIPTOGLOSSA. 
On the mechanism of the projection of the tongue in the Chameleon ; 
Dewevre, J. Anat. Physiol, xxxi, pp. 343-360. 
Chamceleon calcarifer , Ptrs. : Mocquard now regards this species as 
distinct from C. calyptratm , A. Dum. ; CR. Soc. Philom. 1895, p. 36. 
Notes by Anderson, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1895, p. 651. C. anchieUe , 
Bocage, figured by Bocage, Herp. Ang. pi. viii, fig. 2. C. 
oustaleti , Mocq., pardalis , Cuv., and boettgcri , Blgr. : notes by Moc- 
quard, Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) vii, pp. 113 & 114. C. fischeri , Reichen., 
redescribed and figured by Werner, Yerh. Ges. Wien, xlv, p. 192, 
pi. v, fig. 2. C. spinosus , Matschie, noticed and figured by Werner, 
t. c. fig. 3. C. matschie ?, n. sp., Werner, t. c. p. 192, E. Africa 
[= C. fischeri, Reichen. — R ec.]. C. ellioti , n. sp., Gunther, Ann. 
Nat. Hist. (G) xv, p. 524, pi. xxi, fig. a, Uganda. 
Brookesia ebcnaui , Bttgr., and tuberculata , Mocq.: notos by Mocquard, 
1. c. p. 115. 
PmiONOMORPHA. 
On the affinities and systematic position of the Mosasaurs ; Cope, Amer. 
Natural, xxix, pp. 855 & 1004 ; Baur, t. c. p. 1001. 
Remarks on various characters, and figures of the skulls of Clidastes , 
Tylosaurus , and Platecarpus : Williston, Kansas quart, iii, p. 165, 
pi. xvii. 
Mosasaurus horridus, sp. n., id. ibid. p. 166, pis. xiv-xvi, Cretaceous of 
Dakota. 
OPHIDIA. 
E. D. Cope, Tr. Amer. Phil. Soc. xviii, p. 186, proposes a new classifica- 
tion of the Snakes, the minor groups being established mainly on 
characters derived from a study of the lungs and copulatory organs : 
Subord. I. Catodonta ( Glauconiidce ). 
„ II. Epanodonta ( Typhlopidce ). 
,, III. TortriCINA ( llysiidce , Bhinophidce). 
„ IV. Colvbuoide A (Peropoda, A glyphodontdy Glyphodonta, 
Proteroglypha , Platycerca). 
,, Y. Solenoglypha ( Atractaspididce , Causidce , Viper idee } 
Crotalidas). 
