30 Rept. 
IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
B. D. Myers, Zeitschr. Morphol. iii, pp. 183-207, figg., pis. xii & siii, 
investigates the decussating optic chiasma of Bufo lentiginosus , which 
is compared with that of some other terrestrial Vertebrates. 
A. Kuhn, Arch. mikr. Anat. lvii, pp. 445-479, figg., writes on the nerves of 
the skin of Rana temporaria. 
W. Tonkoff, Arch. mikr. Anat. lvii, pp. 95-101, pi. vii, writes on the 
elastic fibres of the skin of Rana esculenta and R. temporaria. 
G. Brandes & W. Schoenichen, Abh. Ges. Halle xxii, pp. 395-461, figg., 
pis. ii-iv, review the unusual modes of gestation and nursing habits of 
Tailless Batrachians. 
E. Gaupp, Anat. Anz. xx, pp. 269 & 270, remarks on the epithelium on 
the papillae of the tongue of the Frog. 
Alice Gaule, Arch. ges. Physiol, lxxxiv, pp. 1-5, pi. i, writes on sexual 
differences in the liver of Rana esculenta. 
J. P. Morat, C.R. Soc. Biol, liii, pp. 473 & 474, remarks on the accumula¬ 
tion of fatty matter in the spinal ganglia of Frogs, as a food-reserve 
during hibernation. Further remarks by C. Bonne, t. c. pp. 474- 
476. 
J. Gaule, Arch. ges. Physiol, lxxxvii, pp. 473-537, figg., has studied the 
changes in the organism of Rana esculenta in the course of the year. 
E. Suchard, C.R. Soc. Biol, liii, pp. 1179 & 1180, remarks on the role of 
the valvule of Briicke in the bucco-pharyngial respiration of the Frog. 
E. Gaupp, Anat. Anz. xix, pp. 385-396, figg., writes on the mechanism of 
the movements of the tongue in Frogs. 
M. Hartog, C.R. Ac. Sci. cxxxii, pp. 588 & 589, and Ann. Hat. Hist. (7) 
vii, pp. 501-503, remarks on the mechanism of the protrusion of the 
tongue in the Frog. 
F. J. Cole, P. Liverp. biol. Soc. xv, pp. 114-124, pi. ii, describes an abnormal 
vertebral column of Rana esculenta. 
R. H. Johnson, Amer. Natural, xxxv, pp. 17-24, figg., and C. H. Eigex- 
mann & U. O. Cox, t. c. p. 33, fig., describe cases of polymely in Rana 
halecina and R. palmipes. 
J. Broman, Anat. Anz. xx, pp. 347-351, figg., remarks on the spermatozoa 
of Pelobates fuscus and on the double tails of other Batrachian sper¬ 
matozoa. 
Thon, Tagebl. v. Int. Zool. Congr. No. 8, pp. 13 & 14, remarks on the 
development of Hyla arborea. 
Helen D. King, Arch. Entwickmech. xiii, pp. 545-564, figg., records her 
experiments on the formation of the embryo of Bufo lentiginosus. - 
T. W. Shore, J. Anat. Physiol, norm. path. (2) xv, pp. 323-329, figg., 
writes on abnormal veins, and, xvi, pp. 20-46, figg., on the develop¬ 
ment of the renal-portals and the fate of the posterior cardinal veins 
in Rana temporaria. 
H. Fox, P. Ac. Philad. 1901, pp. 223-260, pis. vi-ix, writes on the develop¬ 
ment of the tympano-eustachian passage and associated structures in 
Bufo lentiginosus. 
L. Barbadoro, Anat. Anz. xix, pp. 597-601, figg., investigates the structure 
of the retina in the development of Rana. 
W. Adler, Int. Monatsschr. Anat. xviii, pp. 19-42, pis. iii & iv, describes 
the development of the external form and of the mesoderm in Bufo 
vulgaris. 
F. Raffaele, Monit. Zool. ital. xii, pp. 221 & 222, remarks on the gastral 
mesoderm and records some experiments on embryos and larvae of 
Tailless Batrachians. 
L. Kathariner, Arch. Entwickmech. xii, pp. 597-609, fig., writes on the 
orientation of Frog-eggs. 
H. V. Wilson, Anat. Anz. xx, pip. 123-128, has made further experiments 
on the closure of the blastopore in Frog-eggs. 
