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Show 1890.] HELODERMA SUSPECTUM. 239 (28) 1873. SUMICHRAST (F).-"Coup d'ceil snr la distribution geographique des reptiles au Mexique." Bibl. univers. et Bevue Suisse, Archives Scien. Phys. et Nat. t. xlvi. pp. 233-250.- (In speaking of certain reptiles and their distribution, he adds:- "d'autres sont particulieres a celle du Pacifique et parmi dies il faut citer d'abord l'Heloderme, Hel. horridum: ce curieux reptile que quelques naturalistes considerent comme un membre de la famille paleotropicale des Varanides, mais qui formera sans doute plus tard le type d'un groupe particulier, le Cyclura quinque-carinata (Enyaliosaurus, Gray), etc.") (29) 1875. Y A R R O W (H. C.).-Report upon the Collections of Batrachians and Reptiles made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, N ew Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. U.S. Geographical Survey West of the 100th Meridian. (Lieutenant Geo. M . Wheeler, U.S.A., in charge). Pp. 562, 563.-(Refers to a specimen of H. suspectum taken on the Route of the Expedition, and disclaims any belief in the fact that its bite is poisonous or dangerous.) (30) 1875. B L A N C H A R D (Em.).-"Observations sur les mceurs de YHeloderma horridum, Wiegm., par M . F. Sumichrast; Note de M . Bocourt pre'sentee par M . Em. Blanchard." Comptes rendus des seances d'Academie des Sciences, torn. lxxx. p. 676.-(Brief observations upon experiments with the bite of the Heloderm.) (31) 1875. C O P E (E. D.).-* Bulletin,' United States National Museum, No. 1, pp. 19 and 47.-(Places the Helodermatidce (group b. Diploglossa) with his Pleurodonta; and on p. 47 gives the habitat of H. suspectum as the Sonoran region.) (32) 1875. B O C O U R T (F.). - Comptes rendus des seances de l'Academie des Sciences, torn. lxxx. p. 676.-(Details of habits and experiments tending to show the venomous nature of the bite of this Lizard, from the observations of Sumichrast. This author also refers to the nauseous odour of H. horridum.) (33) 1876. W A L L A C E ( A L F R E D RUSSEL). - The Geographical Distribution of Animals. Vol. ii. p. 390.-(Notes upon the distribution of the Helodermatidce.) (34) 1878. D U M E R I L ( A U G . M . C.) and B O C O U R T (F.).-Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Pt. iii. pp. 287-302, pi. 20 E. figs. 1-13, and pi. 20 G. figs. I, 3, 3 a, 3 b, 6, 6 a, 7, 7 a, 8-11 a.-(A very excellent account of H. horridum, with a brief resume of all that appeared to be known of the reptile up to the date of issue of this work, and illustrated by valuable figures in the plates.) (35) 1878. S T E I N D A C H N E R (FRANZ).-Denkschriften der kaiser-lichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Wien), 38 Band, p. 95.-(In this place are described some reptiles new to science, and for one of them (Lanthanotus borneensis) a new family is created (Lanthanotidce), of which the author of the 17* |