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Spelerpes peruvianus, sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. N. II. (5) xii. p. 165, pi. v. 
fig. 2, Moyobamba. 
Megalobatrachus maximus. Note on its habits by B. G. Wilder, P. Am. 
Ass. xxi. p. 482. 
Ampliiuma tridactyla. An account of its habits in captivity, with 
observations on its anatomy; It. W. Shufeldt, Science, f.|, pp. 15^-163, 
woodcuts. 
Proteus anguinus. An extensive paper on the habits and reproduction 
of this Batrachian, by Marie v. Chauvin, Z. wiss. Zool. xxxviii. 
pp. 671-685, pi. xxxviii. 
APODA. 
The Recorder gives a synopsis of the 14 genera of Apoda ; Ann. N. H. 
(5) xii. p. 167. 
Epicrionops, g. n., distinguished from Ichthyophis by the structure of the 
tentacle and the separated squamosal and parietal bones ; for E. bicolor , 
sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. N. H. (5) xi. pp. 202 & 203, Ecuador. 
Cryptopsophis , g. n., distinguished from Dermophis by the absence of 
a second row of mandibular teeth; for C. multiplicatus, sp. n., id. op. cit. 
xii. p. 166, Seychelles. 
Ccecilia ochrocepliala , Cope, figured by Brocchi, Miss. Sc. Mex. Batr. 
pi. xxi. fig. 1. 
Dermophis mexicanus, D. B., figured ; id. 1. c. fig. 2. 
Scolecomorphus , g. n., distinguished from Gegenophis by having, the 
squamosal bones in contact with the parietals, two series of teeth in the 
lower jaw, and by the structure of the tentacle ; for S. lcirlci , sp. n., 
Boulenger, Ann. N. H. (5) xi. p. 48, Interior of E. Africa. 
STEGOCEPHALA. 
Cope, E. D. Third Contribution to the History of the Vertebrata of 
the Permian Formation of Texas. P. Am. Phil. Soc. xx. pp. 447-461. 
Several new genera and species of Stegocephala are established. 
Credner, II. Dio Stegocophalou aus dom Rothliegondon des Plauen- 
’schen Gruudes bei Dresden, iv. Theil. Z. geol. Ges. xxxv. 
pp. 275-300, pis. xi. & xii. 
Fritsch, A. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalkesteine der Permforma- 
tion Bohmens. i. Prag : 4to. 
The fourth fascicle (pp. 159-182, pis. xxxvii.-xlviii.), concluding the 
first volume, was issued in 1883. It is devoted to the families Hylono - 
midce and Microbrachklce, the following genera and species being described 
as new : — 
Seeleya , g. n. ; S. pusilla, sp. n., p. 165. 
R[h~\icnodon , g. n., p. 167 ; B. copii , p. 168, dispersus, p. 170, trachy- 
lepis, p. 170, spp. nn. 
Microbrachis P branchiophorus , sp. n., p. 181. 
Stelliosaurus , Fritsch, 1879, is changed to Ilyloplesion. 
