20 Rept. IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
Chamcdeon jacksoni , Blgr. Female described by Tornier, Zool. Anz. 
xxii, p. 410; C. werneri , pp. 258, fig., & 408, pi. —, fig. 1, Mashona- 
land, quadricornis , p. 259, fig., Camaroons, tempeli , p. 411, pi. —, 
figg. 2 & 4, German E. Africa, and goetzei , p. 413, pi. —, fig. 3, spp. nn., 
Tornier, t. c. ; C . axillaris , sp. n., Werner, Zool. Anz. xxii, p. 183, 
Madagascar. 
PYTHONOMORPHA. 
H. F. Osborn, Mem. Amer. Mus. i, pp. 167-188, figg., pis. xxi-xxiii, and 
Science (2) x, pp. 919-925, figg., describes a complete skeleton, 
osseous and cartilaginous, of Tylosaurus dyspelor , Cope, and makes a 
few remarks on the relationships of the Pythonomorpha. 
Platecarpus coryphceus , Willist. Further notes by Williston, Kansas 
Quart, viii, p. 39, pi. xii. 
OPHIDIA. 
O. Boettger, Ber. Senckenberg. Ges. 1899, pp. 75-88, figg., has a popular 
article on the habits and systematic characters of Snakes. 
F. Werner, Arb. Inst. Wien xi, pp. 117-162, 3 pis., deals with the head- 
shields of Snakes from the point of view of their homologies and 
derivation. 
C. Phisalix, Jubil. Soc. Biol. pp. 240-245, investigates the physiological 
properties of the poison of Coelopeltis, which bears greater resemb¬ 
lance to that of the Cobra than to that of the Viper, and would 
indicate relationship of the Opisthoglyphs with the Proteroglyphs 
rather than with the Vipers. 
L. Kathariner, Bull. Soc. Fribourg vii, pp. 186-195, has a preliminary 
communication on the structure of the nasal organ in aquatic Snakes. 
W. Lindemann, Arch. mikr. Anat. liii, pp. 313-321, pi. xvi, investigates 
the secretory action of the poison-gland in Vipera berus. 
H. Martin, Bull. Soc. zool. France xxiv, pp. 106-116, figg., describes the 
structure of the poison-gland in an embryo of Vipera aspis. 
L. Will, Biol. Centrbl. xix, pp. 396-407, figg., writes on gastrulation in 
Tropidonotus natrix. 
G. Andersson, Bill. Svenska Ak. xxiv, no. 6, has examined the Linnean 
type specimens of Snakes in the Stockholm Museum. 
A. J. Harrison, Eep. Brit. Ass. 1898, p. 911, remarks on the so-called 
Fascination of Snakes. 
Quelch’s paper on the Poisonous Snakes of British Guiana (Zool. Bee. 
xxxv, Rept. p. 9) is reprinted in Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) iii, pp. 402-409. 
Typhlopid^e. 
Hehninthophis anops, sp. n., Cope, Bull. Pliilad. Mus. i, p. 10, pi. iv, fig. 1, 
Bogota, Colombia. 
Typhlops bitchholzi, Ptrs. Note by Werner, Verb. Ges. Wien xlix, 
p. 134 ; T. Jloweri, sp. n., Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 654, pi. xxxvii, 
fig. 2, Siam. 
Glauconiid^e. 
Glauconia boettgeri, sp. n., Werner, Zool. Anz. xxii, p. 116, Hab. —?; 
G. jiliformis and longicauda [should be charged to macrura , —Rec.], 
spp. nn., Boulenger, Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii, p. 7, Socotra. 
