1178 I- "Vertebrata. 



difference in form; - - Gr. Durwinii n. sp. 1. c. p. 353. pi. 1 and 2. Found in 

 the pleistocene formations of the Argentine Republic and offered by V. Lausan to 

 the Zool. Museum of Copenhagen. Perhaps Mylodun Dane inii Owen = GrypotJw- 

 riwn Darwinii R e i n h a r d t. 



11. Cetacea. 



Fain. Bala^enidae. 

 : Sars, G. ()., Bidrag til en noiere Charakteristik af vore Baruevhaleii. in: Forhandl. Vid. 



Selsk. 1879. Nr. 15. 20 p. and 4 plates. (Not. seen by the Rec.) 



Macleayms atistraliensis Gray was an immature individual, belonging to Balaena austnt- 

 lis Desinoulins ; F.Gasco in : Ann. del Mus. Civ. di Stor. Nat. di Geneva. Vol. 14., 

 1879. p. 509. 

 Gasco, F., La Bulaenu Macleayius del Museo di Parigi. in: Ann. del Mus. Civ. di Stor. Nat. 



di Geneva. Vol. 14. 1879. p. 509552. With 3 woodcuts. 

 , II Balenotto catturato nel 1854 a S. Sebastiano (Spagna), (Balaena liscayensis Esch- 



richt). ibid. p. 573609. 



Balacnoptera cdeni n. sp. J. A n d e r s o n , Auat. and Zool. Res . Yunnan Exp. plate 54 . 

 p. 55 1 . Hab. Sittang-Arakan ; - - BaL Sibbaldii captured in Lough Foyle, Moville. 

 Hardwicke's Science. Gossip. 1879. p. 186. 

 E. D. Cope gives further notes on his genus Ruchianectes from Scainmon's Lagoon. 



Lower California. Arner. Natural. 1879. Vol. 13. Nr. 10. p. 655. 

 Xi.imlmlon. A. L. Adams in: Quart. Journ. of the Geol. Soc. London I. August 

 1879. p. 525. 



Fain. Delphinidae. 



DelpJtinus-spociQS in the Maltesian Calcareous Sandstone. A. L. Adams in: Quart. 



Jouru. of the Geol. Soc. London. 1. August 1879. p. 525. 



Schneider, J. Sparrc. /)</}, /i/tutx (tlbirostris Gray, saint nogle bemaerkninger oni endel ved 

 vorc nordligc Kyster forekommende Tandhvalen. in: Troins0 Museums Aarshftr. I. 

 p. 54 <;. r >. With a plate. 



Flower, W. H., On the common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis L. in : Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 IS79. p. :!S2. 



Fam. Sireuia. 



Zigno, Achille de, Sopra un nuovo Sirenio fossile scopcrto nelle colline di Bra in Piemonte. 

 in : Atti Accad. Lincei, Classe di Science fisiche. Memorie. Vol. II. p. 939950. 

 With six plates. 



One new species is described, see infra. The author gives a complete list of 

 the fossil Sirenia-species hitherto found in Italy. FelsinotheriumForestiC&j)., Vici- 

 nity of Bologna ; F. GcrwtisiiGap., Toscana ; F. subapewninum (Bruno) Cap., Pie- 

 monte; F. GastaU; Zigno, Piemonte: Pliocene period. - Halithcrhtm brllunense 

 Zigiio, Bellunese : Miocene period. - - //. reroneme Zigno, angustifrons Zigno and 

 curvidens Zigno, Vicentino and Veronese : Eocene period. 



Halilherium Schind? Kaup. Several remains of this species have been found in the 

 Maltesiau Islands. A. L. Adams in: Quart. Journ. of the Geol. Soc. London. 

 1. August 1879. p. 525. The author corrects a mistake made in a former com- 

 munication, wherein he statedjthat remains of Du gong were also found in the 

 Maltese rocks. 

 Fchlnotherium Gastaldi, n. sp. Ziguo. 1. c. Found in Piemont (Italy). 



12. Marsupialia. 



Marsh, O. C., Neue Siiugethier-Reste aus dem Jurassischen von Nord- America, in: Ver- 

 handl. d. k. k. Geol. Reichsanstalt. 1879. Nr. 14. p. 329. With a woodcut, presenting 

 the right lower jaw of Triconodon bellus Marsh. 



