26 Rept. 
IY. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
Proteroglyphse. 
Diemenia muelleri, Schleg.: notes by M^iiely, Termes. Fuzetek, xviii, 
p. 135. 
Naia nigricollis , Reinh. : pote on the habits, by Bavay, Bull. Soc. zool. 
France, xx, p. 210, and L. Petit, t. c. p. 239. N. anchietce , Bocage, 
figured by Bocage, Herp. Ang. pi. xvi, fig. 2. JY. goldii, n. sp., 
Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xvi, p. 34, Niger. 
Elapsoidea guentheri , Bocage, figured by Bocage, Herp. Ang. pi. xiv, 
fig. 3 : notes by Gunther, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xv, p. 525, pi. xxi, 
fig. c. 
JE 'laps euryxanthus , Kenn., figured by Stejneger, Rep. U. S. Mus. f. 
1893, pi. ii. E. ruatanus, u. sp., GOnther, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 
Rept., p. 185, pi. Ivii, fig. b, Ruatan I., Honduras [= E.fulvius , L., 
var. — R ec.]. 
Amblycephalidj:. 
Mesopeltis dimidiatus , Gthr., figured by Gunther, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 
Rept., pi. li, figg. a & B. 
Neopareas , n. g., allied to Leptognathus , but chin-shields not divided in 
the middle, for N. bicolor , n. sp. ; Gunther, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 
Rept., p. 178, pi. lvi, fig. C. 
Yiperidj:. 
Phisalix & Bertrand, Bull. Mus. H. N. 1895, pp. 66 & 67, have ascer- 
tained that the virulence of Yiper-poison in France increases from 
spring to autumn. The same authors, t. c. pp. 129-131, have further 
notes on Yiper-poison. 
Vipera berus , L., and ursinii , Bp., described and figured by MAuely, 
Math. term. Kozlem. Magyar Ak. xxvi, p. 373, 2 pis. V. berus , L. : 
on Portuguese specimens ; J. de Bedriaga, Ann. Sci. nat. Porto, 
ii, p. 114. V. heraldica , Bocage, figured by Bocage, Herp. Ang. 
pi. xvi, fig. 1. 
Atheris ceratophora , n. sp., Werner, Yerh. Ges. Wien, xlv, p. 194, pi. v, 
fig. 1, Usambara, E. Africa. 
Clothelaps , n. g., for Atractaspis hildebrandtii , Ptrs. ; Cope, Tr. Amer. 
phil. Soc. xviii, p. 211. 
Ancistrodon contortrix , L., and piscivorus } Lacep., figured by Stejneger, 
Rep. U. S. Mus. f. 1893, pis. iii & iv. A. bilineatus, Gthr., figured 
by Gunther, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rept., pi. lviii, figg. a & b. 
Lachesis lanceolatus, Lac6p., figured by Stejneger, l. c. pi. xix. 
Bothriechis godmani , Gthr., figured by Gunther, op. cit. pi. Ivii, fig. a. 
Trimeresurus luteus , n. sp., Bcettger, Zool. Anz. xviii, p. 269, and Ber. 
Offenb. Ver. xxxiii-xxxvi, p. Ill, Loo Choo Is. 
Sistrurus catenatus, Raf. ( [kirtlandii , Holbr.) : on its habits in confine- 
ment ; P. Selous, Bull. Soc zool. France, xx, p. 204. S. miliarius } 
L., figured by Stejneger, t. c. pi. vii. 
