1172 I Vertebrata. 



Pteromys yunnanensis n. sp. J. Anderson, Anat. and Zool. Res. Yunnan Exp. 



p. 282 ; forests of the Kananzan Mountains to the East, (plate XXII). 

 Anomahtrus erythronotus n. sp. Alph. Milne Edwards, from Gabon. Le Natu- 



raliste, Nr. 17, 1. Decembre 1879. p. 132. and Gompt. rend. hebd. des Seances 



de 1'Ac. des Sc. Paris. 1879. p. 771773. 



Fam. Arctomyidae. 

 Arctomys bnlac. On 7 skulls found in the Gouv. Saratow (fossil). Reinhold Hens el, 



Arch. f. Naturgesch. 1879. p. 198210. pi. XIII. 

 Remains of Arctomys (fossil) found at Aachen in the Diluvium. N e hr i u g , Zeitschr. 



f. d. ges. Naturwiss. 52. Bd. Januar-Februar. 1879. p. 117 118. 



Fam. Dipodidae 



Alactaga jaculus (fossil remains) found at Wiirzburg, Saalfeld and Quedlinburg by 

 Nehring, Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Naturwiss. 52. Bd. Januar-Februar. 1879. 

 p. 116. 



Fam. Myoxidae. 



Nehring, A., Zum Zahnsystem cler Myoxinen. in: Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Naturwiss. 52. Bel. 

 p. 730 741. Mit G Holzsclm. 



Very important characteristics for the determination of fossil remains of 

 Myoxini. 



Fam. Octodontidae. 



T/trhiactidus n. g. A. Gitnther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879. p. 144. pi. X, a genus 

 in the family of Octodontidae. Fur soft, dense and long ; toes four in front and 

 five behind ; ears broad and short. Tail very long, rather densely covered with 

 short stiffish hairs. Molar teeth extremely broad; Thr. allncauda n. sp. loc. 

 cit. p. 145. Bright reddish-brown above; lower parts white. Basal half of the 

 tail like the back, terminal half white. Vicinity of Medellin, Columbian Con- 

 federation . 



Fam. Muridae. 



Hitherto the exact locality where Lophiomys Imhartsii, described in 1867 by A. Milne 

 Edwards, was captured was unknown. Gestro relates that a specimen with sceletou 

 of this species now is to be found in the collections of the Museo Civico di Genova. 

 This specimen was collected by 0. Antinori and 0. Beccari in the country called 

 Keren, North Abyssinia. June 1870. (R. Gestro, Aunali del Mus. Civ. di 

 St. Nat. di Genova. Vol. 15. 1879. 16. Dicembre. p. 123). 



Echimys macrourus n. sp. F. A. Jen t ink, Notes from the Leyden Museum. 1879. 

 p. 97, from Surinam. 



Anderson, J., described the following new species of Mice in his work entitled, 

 Anat. and Zool. Res. Yunnan Exp., viz: Mas rubricosa, p. 306, from Kakhyen 

 and Hotha; - - Mus yunnanensis, p. 306, from Ponsee, Hotha and Teng-yuechou ; 



- Mus kakhyenemis, p. 307, from Ponsee, and Mus viculorum, p. 308 also from 

 Ponsee; - - Mus Sladeni, p. 305, from Burma and Kakhyen Hills; - - Mus Boiversii, 

 p. 304, from Hotha in Yunnan, at an elevation of 4500 feet. 



The differences between Mus decumanus, rattus and alexandrinus pointed out by 

 Giebel, Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Naturwiss. 52. Bd. Jul.-Aug. 1879. p. 6 19 623. 

 plate IX. With 21 figures. 



Distribution of the black rat, Mus rattus, by R. Morton Middleton, Nature. 

 20. March 1879. p. 460; - - by A. B. Meyer, ibid. 8. May 1879. p. 29 and 

 20. May 1879. p. 95; - - by Henry H. Giglioli, ibid. 10. July 1879. p. 2 12 ; 



- by E. L. Layard, ibid. 7. August 1879. p. 339. 



Jentink, F. A., describes six species of Mus from Menado, North Celebes, viz: 

 Mas leticopus Gray, Mus Musschenbroekii n. sp., Mus xanthurus Gray, Mus Hell- 



