SQUAMATA. 
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Lacerta , L. Remarks on the affinities of the Mediterranean species : 
Werner, Zool. Anz. xxvii, p. 254. L . danfordii, Gthr., redescribed 
by Werner, t. c. p. 255. L. viridis , var. n. intermedia , Mehely, 
Allatt. Kozl. Magyar Tars, iii, p. 280, figg., S. W. Hungary ; L. 
horvathi , sp. n., MAhely, Ann. Mus. Hungar. ii, p. 362, figg., and 
Allatt. Kozl. Magyar Tars, iii, pp. 193 & 279, pi. v, S. W. Hungary. 
L. lamandini , Filhol (foss.). Note by De Stefano, Atti Mus. Milano 
xlii, p. 412. 
Pseudolacerta, g. n. for Lacerta mucronata , Filhol (foss.), De Stefano, 
t. c. p. 413. 
Eremias velox, Pall., and arguta, Pall., described and figured byELPATiEBSKi, 
Arnph. Rept. Aral Exped., pp. 11 & 18, pis. i & ii. 
Scincid,e. 
Lygosoma clegantulum, Ptrs. & Doria = Rinulia pardalis, Macleay, 
Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xiv, p. 80. 
Ablepharus boutonii poedlopleurus, Wiegm. Note by R. McGregor, 
P. U. S. Mus. xxviii, p. 117. 
Eumeces quinquelineatus , L., is oviparous: Ditmars, Rep. New York Zool. 
Soc. 1903, p. ICO. E. scutatus, Theob. On Transcaspian specimens : 
Michailovsky, Annuaire Mus. St. Petersb. ix, p. 41, and Vasiljev, 
t. c. p. xiii. 
Plestiodon cadurcensis , Filhol (foss). Bones noticed and figured by De 
Stefano, Atti Mus. Milano xlii, p. 397, pi. x. 
Scincus officinalis, Laur. On variations in the head-shields : A. Sokolowsky, 
Biol. Centrbl. xxiv, p. 754, figg. 
Protrachysaurus gaudryi, g. and spp. nn. (foss.), De Stefano, t. c. 
p. 406, pi. ix, Miocene of Quercy, France. 
Incertte Sedjs. 
Thaumastosaurus bottii, g. and spp. nn. (foss.), De Stefano, Atti Mus. 
Milano xlii, p. 414, pi. ix, figg. 1 & 15, Miocene of Quercy, France. 
RHIPTOGLOSSA. 
G. Tornier, Zool. Jahrb. Anat. xxi, pp. 1-40, pis. i & ii, has investigated 
the gular and occipital air-sacs of Chameleons. 
F. E. Beddard, P. Z. S. 1904, ii, pp. 6-22, figg., writes on some points in 
the vascular system of Chameleons. 
Couvreur & Gautier, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 1, pp. 159 & 160, have made 
experiments on the respiration of Chameleons. 
Palceochamceleo europceus , g, and sp. nn. (foss.), De Stefano, Atti Mus. 
Milano xlii, p. 391, pi. ix, figg. 7 & 12, Miocene of Quercy, France. 
PYTHONOMORPHA. 
On the systematic position and habits : S. W. Williston, J. Geol. xii, 
pp. 43-51. 
L. Dollo, Mem. Soc. Beige Geol. xviii, pp. 207-216, pi. vi, reviews our 
knowledge of the Mosasaurs of Belgium, and, pp. 217-222, remarks on 
the derivation of the group from the Dolichosauria. 
L. Vaillant, Bull. Mus. Paris 1904, pp. 217 & 218, is inclined to refer the 
great “Sea Serpent” observed on the coast of Cochin China to the 
Mosasaurs. 
