22 Rept. iv. reptilia and batrachia. [1904] 
F. Broili, Anat. Anz. xxv, pp. 577-587, figg., remarks on the early types 
of Reptiles. 
R. Broom, Tr. S. African Soc. xv, pp. 89-96, pi. vii, remarks on the carpus 
and tarsus of the primitive Reptiles. 
F. B^guin, Anat. Anz. xxiv, pp. 337-356, figg., writes on the mucous 
membrane of the oesophagus and its glands in Reptiles. 
A. I. Sterzi, Atti Soc. Toscano xx, pp. 243-275, pis. ix & x, has investigated 
the histology of the periphery of the spinal cord in Reptiles. 
H. Barbier, Bull. Soc. Elbeuf xxii, pp. 41-63, remarks on some Reptiles 
in the Elbeuf Museum. 
R. L. Ditmars, Rep. New York Zool. Soc. 1903, pp. 146-160, figg., has 
notes on Reptiles in captivity. 
SQUAMATA. 
G. Tornier, SB. Ak. Berlin 1904, pp. 1203-1214, figg., remarks on the 
origin and signification of the colour-patterns of Lizards and Snakes. 
LACERTILIA. 
F. E. Beddard, P. Z. S. 1904, i, pp. 436-450, figg., 465-470, figg., and ii, 
pp. 6-22, has contributions to the anatomy of Lacertilia. 
F. E. Beddard, P. Z. S. 1904, ii, pp. 154-157, figg., and Nature lxx, p. 6, 
describes vestiges of a parasternum in Tiliqua. 
J. Versluys, Jun., Anat. Anz. xxiv, pp. 641-644, writes on the muscles of 
mastication in the Lacertilia. 
K. Peter, Normentafel zur Entwickel. der Zauneidech. (Jena, 4to), 
describes and figures the development of Lacerta agilis. 
G. Alonzo, Atti Acc. Gioen. (4) xvi, 1903, No. 5, has made researches on 
the development of the limbs and tail of Chalcides ocellatus. 
A. N. Sewertzoff, Anat. Anz. xxv, pp. 472-494, figg., writes on the 
development of the limbs of Tarentola mauritanica. 
F. E. Beddard, P. Z. S. 1904, ii, pp. 145-147, fig., remarks on an apparently 
abnormal position of the fcetus in the body of a Chalcides lineatus. 
K. Peter, Arch. mikr. Anat. lxiii, pp. 659-700, figg., pis. xxxi & xxxii, 
continues his studies on the gastrulation of Lacerta. 
A. Nicolas, Arch. Biol, xx, pp. 611-658, pis. xvii-xix, describes the 
segmentation of the egg in Anguis fragilis. 
J. Kunitzky, Trudui St. Petersb. Obshch. xxxiv (2), pp. 1-19, pi. — , has 
investigated the origin and development of the cuticular hair-like 
organs of the digits of Tarentola mauritanica. 
A. Morgera, Boll. Soc. Napoli xvii, pp. 221-224, fig., has a preliminary 
note on the male genital apparatus of Lacerta viridis and L. muralis. 
F. Tolg, Arb. Inst. Wien xv, pp. 119-154, pis. ix-xi, has a contribution to 
the knowledge of femoral and praeanal pores and other similar organs 
in the Lacertilia. 
L. Cohn, Zool. Anz. xxvii, pp. 185-192, figg., has investigated the structure 
of the femoral pores of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus. 
On the parietal eye of Chalcides tridactylus and ocellatus : Giannelli, 
Monit. Zool. ital. xv, pp. 187-197, 325-332 : Staderini, t. c. 
pp. 341-343. 
D. Oasella, Arch. ital. Biol, xlii, pp. 273-288, gives a French resume of 
his observations on the effects of moisture in a fasting specimen of 
Chalcides ocellatus. 
