1170 I- Vertebrata. 



4. Insectivora. 

 Fam. Talpidae. 



Scalops Breweri==Scapanus americanus by Elliott Co lies. The American Naturalist 

 1879. Vol. 13. Nr. 3. p. 189. 



Fain. Soricidae. 



Chimarrogale n. g. J. Anderson, Zool. and Auat. Res. Yunnan Exp. p. 138. 

 Feet scaly, ciliated, with short , coarse, rigid hairs along their margins and the 

 sides of the toes ; toes not webbed. Tail long, scaly, quadrangular, thickly covered 

 with coarse adpressed hairs ; snout elongate ; ears almost wholly hidden, valvular. 

 Teeth white : 2 * J - + ~ + -^^. = 28. A talon on the side of the first upper 



incisors. Three intermediate teeth of nearly equal size; - - Ch.himalaica, plate 5. 



fig. 17 30 = Crossopus himalayicus Gray. Hab. Ponsee in the Kakhyen-hills. 

 Crocidura sicula n. sp.? H. H. Giglioli, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 1879. p. 96 ; from 



Castelbuono, Sicily. 

 Niische, H., Sorex alpinus Schinz auf dem Riesengebirge. in : Zool. Anz. 1879. p. 571 573. 



Fam. Tupaiae. 

 Tupaia chinensls n. sp. J. Anderson, Auat. and Zool. Res. Yunnan Exp. p. 129. 



pi. 7. fig. 8 and 9 : from the Kakhyen Hills. 



Fam. Erinaceidae. 

 Jentink, F. A., On the Hedgehogs from Madagascar, in: Notes from the Leyden Museum. 



1879. p. 137151. 



Gives a critical and historical revision of the genera and species. The genus 

 Setiger with one species S. setosus Schreber; Ccntctcs with one species, C. 

 ecaudalus, Schreber; - - Hemicenteles with two distinct species and one variety: H. 

 madagascariensis Shaw ; H. variegatus Et. Geoffroy and H. varicgatns var. : Buf- 

 foni Jentink. 



5. Chiroptera. 



Trouessart, E. L., Memoire sur la distribution geographique des Cheiropteres comparee a 

 celle des autres Mammiferes terrestres. in: Ann. des Sc. Nat. 0. Serie. T. 8. Nr. 4. 

 24 pages. Art. Nr. 12. 

 Revue synoptique des Cheiropteres d'Europc. Feuille des jeunes Naturalistes, 1879. 



avril-juin, 10 pages, with two lith. plates. 



Twenty-five species are enumerated as belonging to the European Fauna, of 

 which six new to the French Fauna. 

 Jentink, F. A., Wat men van onze inlandsche Vledermuizen weet. Tijdschrift der Ned. Dierk. 



Ver. 1879. p. 5892. 



Thirteen species are enumerated and described as indigenous, viz : Rhinolophus 



i'l'rntm equinum, Rh. Mpposideros, Plecotus aurilus, Synotus barbastellus, Jasper us 



:"rotinits, Vcsperuyo noctula, V. Lcisleri, V . pipistrellus, Vespertilio Daiilmfonii, V . 



N alter eri, V. dasycneme, V . murinus and V . mystac'mus. 



Trouessart, E. L., Note sur quatre especes de cheiropteres rares ou nouvelles pour la Faune 



francaise. in: Le Natural! ste. Nr. 16. 15. Novembre. 1879. p. 125 127. 

 Rhinolophus curyale Blasius, Vespertilio abramus Teinminck, V, Kuhlii Natterer 

 and Minioplems Schreibersii Natt. are said to occur in both the bassins de la Ga- 

 ronne et de la Loire. 

 Viguier, L., Les Cheiropteres de 1'Herault et du Gard. Montpellier, inipr. Hamelin. 



1879. 80. 



Leche, Wilhelm, Uber die Entwicklung des Unterarms und Unterschenkels bei Chiroptera. 

 in: Bihang till K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handlinger. 5. Bd. Nr. 15. 1S79. 16 

 pages and 1 plate. 



