IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
34 Kept. 
W. Roux, Anat. Anz. xxiii, pp. 65-91, 113-150, 160-180, figg., baa a paper 
on the orientation of the embryo in the Frog ovum. — Remarks by 
F. Keibel, t. c. p. 224. 
T. H. Morgan, Arch. Entwickmech. xvi, pp. 691-712, pis. xxiii & xxiv, 
has made experiments on the effect of Lithium Chloride in solution 
on the development of the embryo of the Frog. 
Helen D. King, Biol. Bull, v, pp. 218-231, figg., has made experiments 
on the effects of heat on the development of the eggs of Bufo 
lentiginosus. 
G. Bohn, C.R. Soc. Biol, lv, pp. 639-641, remarks} on the locomotion in 
newly-hatched larvae of liana and Bufo. 
C. Phisalix, C.R. Ac. Sci. cxxxvii, pp. 1082-1084, and C.R. Soc. Biol, lv, 
pp. 1645 & 1646, has discovered a functional correlation between the 
dermal poison-glands and the ovaries in Bufo vulgaris. 
L. von MkHELY, Termes. Kozl. Magyar Tars, xxxv, pp. 425-457, figg., 
reviews our knowledge of the nursing habits. 
RaNIDjE. 
Rana esculenta , L. Living in hot- water springs, R. Blanchard, C.R. Soc. 
Biol, lv, pp. 949, 1070 : Giard, t. c. p. 1004 ; R. macrocnemis , Blgr. 
Remarks by Silantiev, Annuaire Mus. St. Petersb. viii, p. 31, and 
by Werner, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. xix, p. 337, and SB. Ak. Wien cxi, 
p. 1105; R. japonica , Blgr., note by Werner, Abh. Bayer. Ak. xxii, 
ii, p. 358; var. n. ornativentris , id. ibid. p. 383, Japan; R. fusca t 
Rosel, var. n. reichenbachensis , Klunzinger, Jahresh. Ver. Wurttemb. 
lix, p. 279, Wurttemberg; R. nasica , p. 187, Tonkin, mortenseni , 
p. 219, Burma and Siam, budgetti , p. 555, Gambia, and swinhoana , 
p. 556, Formosa, spp. nn., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xii; R. 
danubina , H. v. Mey. var. mm, 0. Fraas (foss.). Note by E. Fra as, 
Mt. Nat.-Kab. Stuttgart 1903, p. 105, fig., and Jahresh. Ver. Wurttemb. 
lix, p. 105, fig. 
Phrynobatrachus auritus , Blgr. = P. plicatus , Gthr., Boulenger, Mem. Soc. 
espan. i, p. 62. 
Arthroleptis leucomystax , sp. n., Boulenger, t. c. p. 62, pi. v, figg. 1 & 2, 
Gaboon. 
Dilobates platycephalus , Blgr . — Gampsosteonyx batesii , Blgr., Boulenger, 
t. c. p. 63. 
Tympanoceros newtoni , Bocage. Note by Barboza du Bogage, J. Sci. 
Lisb. (2) vii, p. 45. 
Leptodactylodon ) g. n., for L. ovatus, sp. n., Andersson, Verh. Ges. Wien 
liii, p. 141, Cameroons. 
Rhacopkorus nigropahnatus , Blgr., figured by Boulenger, in Annandale 
& Robinson, Fascic. Malay. Zool. i, pi. vi, fig. 1 ; R. robinsonu } sp. n., 
Boulenger, op. cit. p. 136, pi. v, fig. 2, Bukit Besar, Malay Peninsula; 
R. corticalis , sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xii, p. 188, 
Tonkin. 
Chiromantis lepus , sp. n., Andersson, Verh. Ges. Wien liii, p. 142, 
Cameroons. 
Leptomantis , Peters, should be used for Ixalus , D. & B. nec Ogilby, Poche, 
Zool. Anz. xxvi, p. 700. 
Ixalus larutensis, Blgr., redescribed and figured by Boulenger, Fascic. 
Malay. Zool. i, p. 139, pi. v, figg. 3 & 4 ; /. horridus , sp. n., id. ibid, 
pi. vi, fig. 2, Bukit Besar, Malay Peninsula. 
Megalixalus immaculatus , sp. n., Boulenger, Mem. Soc. espan. i, p. 63, 
pi. v, fig. 3, Gaboon. 
Hylambates cassinoides , sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xii, p. 556, 
Gambia. 
