SQUAMATA. 
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Leptodira nycthemera , sp. n., Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien li, p. 598, Ecuador; 
L. duchesnii, sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. (1) ii, p. 10, 
pi. iv, fig. 1, Upper Congo. 
Oxyrliopus bitorquatus , Gthr., and 0. jitzingeri , Tsch. Notes by Werner, 
Abh. Mus. Dresden ix, No. 2, p. 8; 0. carinatus , Schn. Note by 
Andersson, Bih. Svenska Ak. xxvii, iv, No. 5, p. 23 ; 0. maculatus , 
Blgr. = 0. cloelia , Daud. Id. t. c. p. 22 ; 0. doliatus , D. & B., semi- 
cinctus , Cope, and neuwiedii , D. & B. Remarks, and figures of the 
head, by Stejneger, P. U. S. Mus. xxiv, pp. 187-189, figg. 
Pseudoboa robinsoni , sp. n., Stejneger, 1. c. p. 190, figg., Venezuela. 
Paroxyrhopus , g. n., near Oxyrhopus , Schenkel, Verh. Ges. Basel xiii, 
p. 168 ; P. reticulatus , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 169, fig., Paraguay. 
Tackymenis peruviana , Wgm., var. n. dorsalis, Werner, Abh. Mus. 
Dresden ix, No. 2, p. 9, Peru. 
Philodryas ternetzi , sp. n., Schenkel, t. c. p. 170, fig., Paraguay. 
Ccelopeltis monspessulana, Herm. Observed to feed on other snakes : 
Mingaud, Bull. Soc. Nimes xxviii, p. xxxii. 
Psammophis sibilans , L., var. n. tumbensis, Schenkel, t. c. p. 172, Tumbo 
Id., W. Africa. 
Dryophis mycterizans, L., and prasinus, L. On their habits in captivity : 
P. de Grijs, Zool. Garten xlii, pp. 39 & 65 ; J. Berg, t. c. p. 204, fig. 
Oxybelis acuminatus , Wied. Head figured by Stejneger, P. U. S. Mus. 
xxiv, p. 191, figg. 
Erythrolamprus jissidens, Gthr. Note by Andersson, Bih. Svenska Ak. 
xxvii, iv, No. 5, p. 23. 
Apostolepis assimilis , Reinh. Note by Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien li, 
p. 639. 
Elapomorphus trilineatus , Blgr. Note by Werner, id. t. c. p. 639. 
Miodon collaris , Ptrs. and AT. notatus , Ptrs. = AT. gabonensis, A. Dum., 
Andersson, Bih. Svenska Ak. xxvii, iv, No. 5, p. 23. 
Aparallactus ubangensis , Blgr., figured by Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Congo, 
Zool. (1) ii, pi. iv, fig. 2; A. Jlavitorques , sp. n., id. ibid. pp. 11, pi. iv, 
fig. 3, Kassai, Congo. 
P voter oglyphoe. 
Distir a orientalis, sp. n., Stejneger, P. Soc. Washington xiv, p. 191, 
Okinawa Shima, Loo Choo Ids. 
Denisonia vagrans , sp. n., Garman, Bull. Mus. Harvard xxxix, p. 13, 
Dunk Id., Queensland. 
Naia, Laur. On the African species : Bethencourt Ferreira, J. Sci. 
Lisb. (2) vi, p. 129; N. haie , L., on its habits in captivity: Kam- 
merer, Zool. Garten xlii, p. 176 ; N. tripudians sumatrana , F. Mull. 
Note by Schenkel, Verh. Ges. Basel xiii, p. 175. 
Merremia, n. n. for Sepedon , Merr. nec Latr., C. Berg, Comun. Mus. 
Buenos Aires i, p. 291. 
Elaps tschudii , Jan, spixi, Wagl., and marcgravii , Wied. Notes by 
Werner, Abh. Mus. Dresden ix, No. 2, p. 11 ; E. spixii , Wagl. Note 
by Schenkel, Verh. Ges. Basel xiii, p. 176 ; E. steindachneri , sp. n., 
Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien li, p. 599, Ecuador. 
Amblycephalida:. 
Amblycephalus malaccanus, Ptrs. Note by Schenkel, Verh. Ges. Basel 
xiii, p. 177. 
Leptognatkus, D. & B. This name is preoccupied (Swainson, Westwood), 
and should be replaced by Cochliophagus , D. & B., C. Berg, Comim. 
