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with the Ornithosauri. Why each division must necessarily besubdivided into three orders is not stated. To this succeedsa Schema Systematis, constituting a list of the Amblyglossaj,down to genera and subgenera. The principal part of thework is then occupied with the definition of the genera incopious Latin diagnoses, as also of the subgenera, to themultiplying of which the author appears much inclined,but which is not unsupported in the diagnoses. Themost marked diagnostic characters are always placedat the commencement of the diagnoses, an arrangementwhich is very conducive to the convenient use of the hook,and in which respect it has an advantage over many others.With respect to the nomenclature especial care has been takento do justice to priority, which has become very necessary,especially in the Amphibia . Under each genus the knownspecies are enumerated, with names, synonyms, andhabitat, and with each is given a notice of the collections inwhich they occur. Many new names originate from thesplitting up of the genera, but an extract from this workwould lead too far, and I must consequently refer to thePart itself.
The Verhandelingen over de natuurlike Geschiedenis derNederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen, door de Leden derNatuurkunde commissie in Indie en andere Schryversuitgegeven op Lase van den Koning door C. I. Temminclc,Zoologie ; Leiden , 1839—1844, are now completed. TheAmphibia have been arranged by Sal. Muller and Herm.Schlegel. The following are described and figured as new :Crocodilus ( Gavialis ) ScMegelii, Testudo emys, Trigono-cephalus formosus. Besides these, figures are given ofMonitor prasinus, Monitor Dumerilii, Homalopsis leucobalia,Elaps Mulleri, Naja bungarus. Speaking generally, thirty-five Amphibia are found in the islands of the IndianArchipelago, viz.:
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