REPTILIA AND BATRACHTA. 
22 Rept. 
Thomas, A. P. W. Preliminary Note on the Development of the 
Tuatera (Sphenodon punctatum). P. R. Soc. xlviii, pp. 152-15G. 
Champsosaurus , Cope : recorded from the Lower Eocene of Orp-le- 
Grand, Belgium, by Dollo, Bull. Soc. Belg. G6ol. iv, p. 55. 
Kadaliosaurus priscus, Credn. (foss.) : remarks by G. Baur, Am. J. Sci. 
(3) xxxix, p. 15G. 
AN OMODONTIA. 
It. Lydekker, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 572, pis. liv & lv, describes and 
figures some associated remains of a Theriodont from the Karroo System 
of the Cape. 
ftychosiagum , n. n, for Ptychognathus, Ow. nec Stimps. ; id. Cat. iv, p. 33, 
BATRACHIA. 
P. & F. Sarasin, summing up the results of their investigation of 
Ichthyophis [infra, p. 27], propose the following classification of the 
Batrachians : — 
Subclass I. Stegocepiiali s. Arciiasobatrachi. 
Subclass II. Neobatraciii. 
Order i. Urodela. 
Suborder 1. Salamandroidea ( Ichthyodece , Salamandridce). 
Suborder 2. Casciloidea ( Amphiumidce , Cccciliidcc). 
Order ii. Anura. 
Boulenger, G. A. Second Report on Additions to the Batrachian 
Collection in the Natural History Museum. P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 323- 
328, pis. xxv & xxvi. 
It is stated that as many as 1119 apparently valid species of Batrachians 
are known, viz. : 9G0 Ecaudata , 122 Caudata , and 37 Apoda. The British 
Museum possesses examples of G60 species of Ecaudata (6900 specimens), 
85 species of Caudata (1340 specimens), and 29 of Apoda (15G specimens). 
A list of 80 species added since 188G is given, and several new species are 
described. 
IIowes, G. B. On the Intestinal Canal of the Ichthyopsida, with 
especial reference to its Arterial Supply and the Appendix Digiti- 
formis. J. L. S. xxiii, pp. 381-410, pis. i & ii. 
Strong, O. The Structure and Homologies of the Cranial Nerves of 
the Amphibia, as determined by their Peripheral Distribution and 
Internal Origin. Zool. Anz. xiii, pp. 598-607. 
Smirnow, A. Die Struktur der Nervenzellen im Sympatheticus der 
Amphibien. Arch. mikr. Anat. xxxv, pp. 407-422, pis. xxiv & xxv. 
Auerbach, L. Ueber die Blutkorperchen der Batrachier. Anat. Anz. 
v, pp. 570-578. 
