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Lycophidium irroratum , Leach. Note by Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien, 
xlvii, p. 398. 
Lycodon stormi , Bttgr., figured by Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1897, pi. xii, fig. 3. 
Stegonotus reticulatus , Blgr. = S. modestus , Schleg. ; v. Lidth de Jeude, 
Notes Leyden Mus. xviii, p. 254. 
Zamensis algirus , Jan, and hippocrepis , L. On variations in the head- 
shields in Tunisian specimens: Werner, Yerh. Ges. Wien, xlvii, 
p. 406, pi. ii, fig. 7. 
Lytorhynchus maynardi, sp. n., Alcock & Finn, J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. lxv, ii, 
p. 562, pi. xiv, N. Baluchistan. 
Phrynonax pcecilonotus , Gthr. Note by Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii, 
No. 300, p. 14. 
Natrix cinnamomea , Wagl. = Phrynonax fasciatus , Ptrs. : Werner, SB. 
Ak. Munchen, 1897, p. 207. 
Coluber longissimus , Laur. On its occurrence in the Department Orne, 
France: Letacq, Bull. Soc. Rouen, xxxii, p. 132. 
Herpetodryas carinatus. L. On the eggs : Goeldi, ZoOl. Jahrb. Syst. x, 
p; 669, pi. xxvii, fig. 11. 
Rhynchopis , g. n., allied to Dendrophis , but with non-oblique scales and the 
snout ending in a conical scaly appendage. Mocquard, Bull. Mus. 
Paris, 1897, p. 214 ; R. boulenqen. sp. n., id. ibid. p. 215, Norway 
Is., Gulf of Tonquin. 
Dendrelaphis inornatus, sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xix, p. 507, 
Sumba and Savu. 
Leptophis ortonii , Cope, p. 829, pi. lxiv, fig. 1, mexicanus , D. & B. p. 831, 
pi. lxiv, fig. 4, modestus , Gthr., p. 833, pi. lxv, fig. 1, bilineatus , Gthr. 
p. 834, pi. lxiv, fig. 2, and diplotropis , Gthr., p. 835, pi. lxiv, fig. 3, 
described and figured by Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex. Rept. ; L. diplo- 
tropis , Gthr., var. n. ceneus , id. ibid. p. 837, Mexico. 
Pkilothamnus semivariegatus , Smith. Note by Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. 
(6) xx, p. 375; P. nitidus, Gthr. Note by Werner, Yerh. Ges. Wien, 
xlvii, p. 403. 
Uromacer ricardinii , sp. n., Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii, No. 282, 
S. Paulo, Brazil. 
Liophis sagittifer , Jan. Note by Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii, No. 274, 
p. 10 ; L. guentheri , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 11, Bolivian Chaco. 
Rhadincea occipitalis , Jan. Note by Peracca, t. c. No. 284, p. 3 ; R.festce, 
sp. n., Peracca, t. c. No. 300, p. 16, Ecuador ; R. modesta , sp. n., 
Koslowsky, Revist. Mus. La Plata, xxii, p. 453, Salta, Buenos Ayres. 
Oreophis , g. n., allied to Coronella , Laur., for O. boulengeri , sp. n., Ducks, 
P. Z. S. 1897, p. 284, fig. 1, Guanajuato, Mexico. 
Spaniopholis , g. n., with the anterior maxillary teeth longest, keeled scales, 
and the eye largo with vertical pupil ; S. souliei , sp. n., Mocquard, 
Bull. Mus. Paris, 1897, p. 216, Yunnan. 
Oligodon subgriseus , var. n. alternans (Bocage), Bethencourt Ferreira, 
J. Sci. Lisb. (2) iv, p. 224, Goa. 
Prosymna bocagii y sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xix, p. 278, fig. 
Ubangi, Congo Free State. 
Contia nasus , Gthr. On its variations in lepidosis and coloration, Duofes, 
Mem. Soc. Ant. Alzate, xi, p. 409, pi. v. 
Ablabes philippinus , sp. n., Boettger, Zool. Anz. xx, p. 164, Culion & 
Samar, Philippines. 
Grayia furcata , Mocq., = G. ornata , Bocage, Mocquard, Bull. Soc. Philom. 
(8) ix, p. 8; G. tholloni , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 11, French Congo. 
Atractus elaps , Gthr. Note by Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii, No. 284, 
p. 4 ; A. collaris , sp. n., id. ibid. fig. E. Peru ; A. guentheri , Wuch. 
A variety from Ecuador, described by Werner, SB. Ak. Munchen, 
1897, p. 209. 
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