CAUDATA—STEGOCEPHALA. 
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CAUDATA. 
L. Camerano publishes an exhaustive monograph of the Italian Newts ; 
Mem. Acc. Tor. (2) xxxvi. pp. 405-486, pis. xxxvi. & xxxvii. 
Ciiauvin, M. v. Ueber die Yerwandlungsfahigkeit des mexikanischen 
Axolotl. Z. wiss. Zool. xli. pp. 365-389. 
Salamandra maculosa , Laur. Colour-variations in specimens from the 
Harz ; Bartels,’SB. nat. Fr. 1885, p. 3. Yar. n. gallica , Seoane, Identidad 
de Lacerta Schreiberi, &c,, p. 13, Galicia, Spain. 
Chioglossa lusitanica , Bocage. Habits in captivity ; J. v. Fischer, 
Zool. Gart. xxvi. pp. 289-295. 
Triton alonsoi, sp. n., Seoane, op.cit. p. 12, Galicia, Spain [= Molge 
palmata , Schn. —Rec.]. 
Amblystoma copeianum , sp. n., Hay, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 209, 
pi. xiv., Indiana. 
Spelerpes fuscus , Bp. On the structure of the tongue ; N. Riidinger, 
SB. Ges. Miinch. 1885, pp. 109 & 110. Recorded from Piedmont; Peracca, 
Atti Acc. Tor. xx. p. 827. 
Sireniclce. Cope, Am. Nat. xix. p, 1226-, has reason to believe that there 
are indications of a retrograde metamorphosis to be found in the history 
of the branchial apparatus of the Sirens. The branchiae appear to be¬ 
come functionless soon after birth, and not to resume their functional 
activity till a more advanced age. 
APODA. 
Sarasin, P. B. & C. F. Ueber die Entwicklungsgeschichte von 
Epicrium glutinosum. Arb. Inst. Wiirzb. vii. pp. 292-299. 
A preliminary note on the authors’ discovery of the oviposition and 
development of Iclithyophis glutinosus. The eggs are deposited, shortly 
after impregnation, in a hole in damp earth ; they form a small mass, 
which the mother protects by coiling herself round it. The embryo 
develops large external gills within the egg. As regards the systematic 
position of the Apodal Batrachians, the authors think this group should 
rank with or quite near the Caudcita. They represent as embryos the 
Perennibranchiates, as larvse the Derotremes, and as perfect land-animals 
the Salamandroids. 
STEGOCEPHALA. 
A short review of our knowledge of the Labyrinthodonta ; L. Dollo, 
Rev. Quest. Sci. xvii. pp. 305-312. 
Fritsch, A. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permforma- 
tion Bohmens. n. Prag : 1885, 4to, 64 pp., 21 pis. 
This second volume concludes the history of the Stegocephala, dealing 
with the Dendrerpetontidce , Diplovertebridce (fam. n.), Archcegosauridce , 
Chauliodontia , Melosauridce (fam. n.), and Euglypta. 
