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typicus, Dum. Bibr .; and in the latter, Acanthodactyluscapensis, n. sp., male and female; Platysaurus capensis.n. gen. ; Gerrhosaurus mbtessellatus, n. sp. ; Gerrh.sepiformis, Dum. Bibr., and the heads and femoral pores ofthe above-named species of Gerrhosaurus, to which also G.lineatus and bifasciatus are added. The diagnoses of thenew species are given below.
James Linsley gives a list of the Amphibia [Reptilia ] ofConnecticut . (Silliman’s American Journal, xlvi, p. 37.)Altogether fifty-six Amphibia [Reptilia ] are enumerated,among which are thirteen Chelonian , two Saurian, eighteenOphidian, eleven ecaudate and twelve caudate Batrachians.Descriptions of the species are not given.
Duvernoy , Fragmens sur les organes genito-urinaires desreptiles et leurs produits. (Comptes rendus xix, p. 249,285, 948.) This paper treats (1) on the vesical calculi ofthe soft Chelonii; (2) on the existence of fossil urolithes;(3) on the sexual organs of the male and female of the Sala mander and Tritons; (4) on the kidneys of the Salamander and Tritons.
CHELONII.
The only new Chelonians described are those above men-tioned by Sal. Muller and Schlegel, viz. Testudo emys, fromSumatra , and Testudo Forstenii, from Gilolo .
SAURI.
Rusconi (in Muller’s Archiv , 1844, p. 508) communicateshis observations on the African Chameleon , and shows thatthis animal does not project its long, glutinous tonguetowards insects, from its erection in consequence of sangui-neous congestion, but by the action of the muscles. Thisprojection takes place with great rapidity, and the stroke isattended with a faint sound. A figure illustrates this account.