34 Rept. 
IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
DlSCOGLOSSIDJE. 
Bombinator pachypus , Fitz. This is the only species found in the Modenese 
Apennines, Picaglia, Atti Soc. Modena (4) iii, p. 100. 
Dactyl ethrid m. 
Xenopus Icevis, Daud. On the breeding habits, Bles, P. Cambridge Soc. 
xi, p. 220, fig. 
CAUDATA. 
C. Rabl, Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool. lxx, pp. 496-519, figg., discusses the origin 
of the pentadactyle limb, with special reference to the carpus and 
tarsus of Tailed Batrachians. 
H. H. Wilder, Amer. Natural, xxxv, pp. 183-186, fig., has further remarks 
on the breathing organ of the lungless Desmognathus fusca. 
L. Druner, Zool. Jahrb. Anat. xv, pp. 435-622, pis. xxv-xxxi, brings out 
the first part of a study on the anatomy of the hyoid and branchial 
muscles in Tailed Batrachians. 
H. Joseph, Anat. Anz. xx, pp. 283-293, figg., records two cases of abnor¬ 
mality in the venous system of Salamandra maculosa. 
S. Prowazek, Arb. Inst. Wien xiii, pp. 81-124, figg., pis. iii—v, investigates 
the histology of the regenerated tail in tailed Batrachians. 
G. Wolff, Arch. Entwickmech. xii, pp. 307-351, figg., pis. vii & viii, has 
made further observation on the regeneration of the lens in Tailed 
Batrachians. 
L. Giannelli, Monit. Zool. ital. xii, pp. 207-209, writes on the develop¬ 
ment of the pancreas and the glands of the digestive tube in Molge. 
G. Levi, Monit. Zool. ital. xii, p. 144, has observations on the development 
of cones and rods in the retina of Tailed Batrachians. 
P. Ancel, Arch. Biol, xviii, pp. 257-289, pis. viii & ix, writes on the 
development of the dermal glands of Batrachians, especially Sala¬ 
mandra maculosa. 
R. Krause, Anat. Anz. xix, pp. 55-57, figg-, describes and figures the 
origin of the ductus endolymphaticus in the Axolotl. H. W. Norris^ 
t. c. p. 253, refers to his own previous work on the subject. 
F. Liyini, Monit. Zool. ital. xii, pp. 293-308, figg., continues his com¬ 
munications on the development of the organs derived from the 
branchial region in Tailed Batrachians. 
P. Rothig, Anat. Anz. xix, pp. 561-567, figg., writes on the dorsal groove 
in the egg of Molge vulgaris. 
G. Chiarugi, Monit. Zool. ital. xii, pp. 373-381, continues his communi¬ 
cations of the segmentation of the egg of Salamandrina perspicillata. 
H. Spemann, Arch. Entwickmech. xii, pp. 224-264, figg., pi. v, has made 
physiological experiments on the development of Newt-eggs. 
Molge palmata, Schn. Recorded from Carnarvonshire by H. E. Forrest, 
Zoologist (4) v, p. 225. 
Salamandrina perspicillata , Savi. On its occurrence in the Prov. Rome, 
Carruccio, Boll. Soc. zool. Ital. (2) i, p. 92. 
Archceotriton basalticus , H. v. Mey. (foss.). Specimen described and 
figured by Laube, Syn. Wirbelthierf. Bohm. Braunkohlenf. p. 52, 
pi. viii, fig. 4. 
Amblystoma tigrinum , Green. On axolotls from Colorado and Dakota, 
H. L. Osborn, Amer. Natural, xxxv, p. 887, figg.; A. altamirani, 
