SYSTEMATIC. 
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REPT1LIA. 
R. Broom, P. Z. S. 1901, ii, p. 187, remarks on the relations of the various 
orders of Reptiles to one another and of the Theriodonts to the 
Mammals. 
Y. Sixta, Zool. Anz. xxiv, pp. 321-332, compares the foot of Reptiles with 
that of Mammals. 
F. Hochstetter, Morphol. Jahrb. xxix, pp. 415-438, pi. xxiv, writes on 
variations in the arterial system of Reptiles. 
SQUAMATA. 
LACERTILIA. 
M. Muller, Inaug. Dissert. Leipzig, 1900, studies the reduction of the 
pectoral arch in the Lacertilia. 
K. Peter, Arch. mikr. Anat. lvii, pp. 705-765, figg., pis. xxxviii-xl, and 
lviii, pp. 640-660, pi. xxxii, continues his investigations of the embry¬ 
ology of Lacerta agilis. 
G. Salvi, Pr.-verb. Soc. Toscana xii, pp. 242-244, has a note on the 
development of the head in the Lacertilia. 
J. Stemmler, Inaug. Dissert. Leipzig, 1900, investigates the development 
of the epiphysis and parietal organ in Geckos. 
A. Grieb, Monit. Zool. ital. xii, pp. 218-221, has a communication on the 
parietal organ of Lacerta muralis. 
J. H. F. Kohlbrugge, Arch. mikr. Anat. lviii, pp. 376-410, pis. xvi-xviii, 
describes the maturation of the egg of Mabuia multifasciata , Kuhl. 
Geckonidal 
Stenodactytus guttatus , Cuv., var. n. hirouxii , Doumergue, Erp. Oranie, 
p. 96, pi. v, fig. 7, Prov. Oran, Algeria. 
Bunopus spatalurus , sp. n., Anderson, P. Z. S. 1901, ii, p. 137, pi. xiv, 
fig. 1, S. Arabia. 
Gymnodactylus peguensis , Blgr. Note by Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1901, i, 
p. 304; G. louisiadensis , De Vis, and lorice , Blgr. Remarks by 
Werner, Yerh. Ges. Wien li, p. 604; G. olivii , sp. n., Garman, Bull. 
Mus. Harvard xxxix, p. 1, pi. i, fig. 1, Queensland. 
Phyllurus lichenosus , Gthr. = P. cornutus, Ogilby: Garman, Bull. Mus. 
Harvard xxxix, p. 2. 
Gonatodes caudiscutatus , Gthr. Note by Werner, Yerh. Ges. Wien li, 
p. 593. 
Ptyodactylus hasselquisti, Donnd., var. n. togoensis, Tornier, Arch. Naturg. 
1901, Beih., p. 68, Togoland, W. Africa. 
(Edura mayeri , sp. n., Garman, Bull. Mus. Harvard xxxix, p. 3, pi. ii, 
fig. 2, Queensland. 
Phyllodactylus brevipes and bastardi , spp. nil., Mocquard, Bull. Mus. 
Paris 1900, p. 346, Madagascar; P. baessleri and variegatus , spp. nn., 
Werner, Abh. Mus. Dresden ix, No. 2, p. 2, Peru. 
Hemidactylus muriceus, Ptrs. Note by Tornier, Arch. Naturg. 1901, 
Beih. p. 70; H. brookii, Gray, var. n. haitianus , Meerwarth, Mt. 
Mus. Hamburg xviii, 2, p. 17, San Domingo; H. Icevis and barodanus , 
spp. nn., Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1901, i, p. 48, pi. vii, figg. 1 & 2, 
Somaliland ; H. ansorgii , sp. n., id. Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) vii, p. 204, 
Nigeria; H. hecgui , sp. n., id. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. (1) ii, p. 7, pi. iii, 
fig. 1, W. Coast of L. Tanganyika. 
