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REPORT ON ZOOLOGY, MDCCCXLIV.
New Lizards have been described only by Smith in his‘ Illustrations.'’
Cordylus giganieut. Plavo-brunneus interne pallidior, dorso cauda superneextremitatibusque superne fusco-nebulatis ; occipite, temporibusque postieespinis fortibus triangularibus in ordine singulo armatis ; dorsi squamis levitercarinatis, laterum fortiter spinosis; cauda supernes pinossissima; extremi-tatibus anterioribus interne squamis tuberculosis; poris femoralibus decern.15". Quathlamba Mountains.
Gerrhosaurm Bibroni. Superne brunneus lineis duabus sublatis et duabusaugustis variegatis, his ad basin caudse, illis versus apicem desinentibus;mento, gula, capitis lateribus, gutture, extremitatibusque anterioribus interneminiatis; peetore abdomineque griseo-albis ; seuto oceipitali rhombieo.10j". At the springs of Caledon, a tributary of the Orange River.— G.subtessellatus. Dorso flavo-brunneo, linea alba brunneaque tessellata in utroquelatere marginato; partibus inferioribus cameis cupreo-viride-tinctis; corporefortiter depresso, squamis lrevibus. 6". Namaqualand.
Acanthodactylus capensis — Mas. Superne flavo-brunneus, lateribus nigro-brunneis, et macularum albarum, seriebus duabus et lineis duabus, lon-gitudinalibus ejusdem colons variegatis ; partibus inferioribus ochraceis;digitis externe dentatis. Bern. Superne pallide aurantius, lateribusrubro-aurantiis, superne inferneque linea subalbida, marginatis ; partibusinferioribus ochraceis, versus latera nigro-brunneo tessellatis. lOj" Nama-qualand.
Platysaurus, nov. gen. Teeth short, numerous, narrow; nasal openingscircular, on the posterior and inferior border of the nasal scute; frontalplate simple; fronto-parietal plates four, as in Cordylus; palpebral platesas in Gerrhosaurus. Body flat, scales very small, triangular on the abdomenand in transverse rows, femoral pores small but distinct, jugular folds rudi-mentary. PI. capenses, superne, griseo-brunneus, dorso fasciis tribus, sub-albidis notato; capite corporeque partiter depressis; corporis squamisparvis; poris femoralibus 18; cauda versus basin depressa, versus apicemcylindracea; partibus inferioribus viridi-flavis. 71". Namaqualand.
Tropidolepisma striatum, Peters (Bericht der Acad, zu Berlin, 1844,p. 36), appears to me to be Buprepes sechettensis, D. B.
SERPENTES.
Of Dumeril and Jlibron’s Ilerpetologie generate, thesixth part appeared in 1844, containing the commencementof the Serpents. After an introduction, in which aredetailed the principles upon which all the existing systems