OPH1DIA, BATRACHIA. Rept. 21 
Rhinocerophis nasus , Garman, 1881, = Botlirops ammodytoides , 
Leybold, Escursion a las Pampas Argentinas, Santiago de Chile, 1873, 
p. 80; C. Berg, An. Soc. Arg. (5) xix. p. 236. Botlirops patagonicus , 
sp. n. ?, F. Muller, t. c. p. 697, Bahia Blanca [= B. ammoclytoides. — 
Rec.]. 
Trimeresurus schadenbergi , sp. n., Fischer, JB. Hamb. ii. p. 116, 
Mindanao. 
BATRACHIA. 
E. D. Cope, Geol. Mag. (3) ii. p. 575, opposes the use of the term 
Amphibia for this class. “Although [it] is the better name, it has not 
the claim of priority by a half century at least. Although the early 
definitions were imperfect, the contents of the class were then the same 
as now. The division Batrachia , used by Lamarck and Cuvier, is uni¬ 
formly employed in the herpetological literature of the last half century, 
except by a few German authors, who combined the Reptilia in one 
division under the name Amphibia. Not only has the name Amphibia 
no claim on the ground of priority, but the diverse uses to which it 
has been put also render its use undesirable.” 
Cope, E. D. On the Evolution of the Vertebrata, Progressive and 
Retrogressive, v. The Line of the Batrachia. Am. Nat. xix. 
pp. 243-245. 
7 Orders are recognized, viz., Rcichitomi , Embolomeri , Stegocephali, 
Proteida, TJrodela (including probably the Gymnophiona or Apoda ), 
Tr achy stomata, and Anura. 
Kolliker, A. Histologische Studien an Batrachierlarven. Z. wiss. 
Zool. xliii. pp. 1-40, pis. i. & ii. 
List, J. H. Ueber einzellige Driisen (Becherzellen) im Blasenepithel der 
Amphibien. Zool. Anz. viii. pp. 556-559. 
Osborn, H. F. Observations upon the Amphibian Brain, containing 
results of Microscospic Study upon the Frog, Menobranclius , 
Menopoma , and Amphiuma. P. Am. Ass. xxxiii. pp. 522 & 523. 
Phisalix, C. Recherches sur l'Anatomie et la Pliysiologie de la 
Rate chez les Ichthyopsides. Arch. Z. exper. (2) iii. pp. 369-464, 
pis. xviii.-xxii. [Structure et Texture de la Rate chez les Amphi- 
biens, pp. 439-452.] 
Schmidt, M. Beitrage zur Kenntniss des Riickenmarkes der Amphibien. 
Z, Naturw. (4) iv. pp. 1-45, pis. i. & ii. 
Spengel, J. W. Bastardbildung bei Amphibien. Biol. Centralbl. v. 
pp. 70-74. 
A review of the latest experiments on hybridization. 
On cases of hibernation of Batrachian larvse : II. Fischer-Sigwart, 
Zool. Gart. xxvi, pp. 299-312. 
