IV. 11EPTILIA AND BATUACHIA. 
28 Kept. 
Isodectes punctulatus , Cope (foss.). Description and figure of a specimen 
from Linton, Ohio: Cope, P. Amer. Phil. Soc. xxxvi, p. 88, pi. iii, 
fig. 3. 
Otoccelidce. A new family of Cotylosauria, established by Cope, P. Amer. 
Phil. Soc. xxxv, p. 123, for Otoccelus , Cope, and Conodectes. Remarks 
are made by the same author on the Biadectidoe , and a synopsis of the 
genera given, p. 131. 
Otoccelus testitudineusy Cope, figured by Cope, l. c. pis. vii & viii ; 0. mimeticus } 
sp. n., id. ibid. p. 128, pi. ix, Permian, Texas. 
OonodecteSy g. n., allied to OtocoeluSy for C. favosus , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 129, 
pi. ix. 
Diadectes biculminatus and sideropelicus , spp. nn., Cope, t. c. pp. 132 & 133, 
Permian, Texas. 
Bolbodony g. n., allied to DiadecteSy for B. tcnuitectuSy sp. n., Cope, t. c. 
p. 134, Permian, Texas. 
Pariotichus aduncus , sp. n., Cope, t. c. p. 135, Permian, Texas. 
Trimerorhachis conangiduSy sp. ri., Cope, t. c. p. 137, Permian, Texas. 
AN OMODONTI A. 
H. E. Osborn remarks on the dentition of certain Upper Triassic Reptiles 
of South Africa which are regarded as upon the border line between 
Reptiles and Mammals. Science (2) v, p. 576. 
R. Broom, J. Anat. Physiol, norm. path. (2) xi, pp. 277-279, remarks on 
the interpretation to be given to the anterior elements of the palate in 
Oompkognathus. 
LabidosauruSy g. n. ( Pariasauridce ?) for Pariotichus hamatuSy Cope. Cope, 
P. Amer. Phil. Soc. xxxv, p. 136. 
P. Glangrand, Rev. Sci. (4) vii, pp. 203-208, figg., reviews our knowledge 
of the Pariasauria. 
Diademodoriy 0 w. Note on a fragmentary skull from Wonderboom, Cape 
Colony. Seeley, Rep. Brit. Ass. 1896, p. 805. 
Aristodesmus ruetimeyeri (Wiedorsh.), Seeley = Sclerosaurus armatuSy II. v. 
Moyer, and belongs to the Pariasauria : Baur, Science (2) v, p. 720. 
On a Dicynodont (?) footprint from the Kenner Sandstone at Storoton, 
Cheshire: Beasley, P. Liverp. biol. Soc. xi, p. 179, pi. vii. 
BATRACHIA. 
On the proper name to use for this Class : G. Baur, Science (2) vi, pp. 170, 
372; B. G. Wilder, t. c. p. 295 ; J. Gill, t. c. p. 446; O. P. Hay, t. c. 
p. 773. 
G. M. Winslow, Bull. Essex Inst, xxviii, pp. 87-121, 3 pis., studies the 
chondrocranium in the principal types of Batrachians. 
W. Zwick, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lxiii, pp. 62-114, pis. iv & v, investigates 
the structure and development of carpus and tarsus in Batrachians. 
H. Klaatsch, Verh. Anat. Ges. xi, pp. 82-90, remarks on the chorda and 
chordal sheaths in Batrachians. 
V. v. Ebner, SB. Ak. Wien, cv, iii, 1896, pp. 145-149, remarks on the 
homology of the chordal sheaths in Batrachians and Fishes. 
Catherine Sch^pilopf has a memoir on the central nervous system of 
Batrachians. Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxxii, No. 6, 115 pp. figg. pi. — . 
Isabella M. Green, Tr. Amer. Micr. Soc. xviii, pp. 76-106, 5 pis., has a 
paper on the histology of the peritoneal epithelium in Batrachians. 
