6. Mammalia. II. Orders, Families and Genera. 253 



Fam. Herpestidae. 



Herpestes auropunctatus Hodgson, from Burma. E. R. Alston. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don. 1879. p. 665. 



Mi/daus meliceps is not exclusively confined to an elevation of 7000 feet, as Horsfield 

 stated, but is found at 750 feet in Java. Henry 0. Forbes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London 1879. p. 664. 



Fam. Paradoxuridae. 



Paradoxurus fasciatus Gray = Paradoxurus musanga Raffles. E. R. Alston, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. London. 1879. p. 666. 

 Bassaricyon Alleni n . sp . Oldfield Thomas, from Sarayacu, Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 



1880. p. 397 400. PI. 38 and three woodcuts, representing the skull, the upper 



and the lower jaw. 



Fain. Lutra. 



Littra palaeindica Falc. et Cautl. et P. N. Bose. The Quart. Journ. of the Geol. 

 Soc. of London. 1880. Vol. 36. Part. 1. p. 133. From the Sivalik Hills. 



3. Phocae. 

 Ray Lankester, E., On the Tusks of the fossil Walrus found in the Red Cray of Suffolk, in: 



The Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology. Vol. 15. 1880. p. 144 147. 

 Trichecodon Huxleyi Lankaster (1865) = Alachtherium cretesii Du Bus (1867) = 



Trichecodon KonincJdi Van Beneden (1871). 



Warren, Robert, Great grey Seal, Halichoems gryphus, in Killala Bay, Co. Mayo, in: The 

 Zoologist. August 1880. p. 358. 



4. Insectivora. 

 Fam. Talpidae. 



Talpa mizura n. sp. A. Giinther, from Japan. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 441. 



1880. 

 Urotrichus talpoides Temm. SM&Neurotrichus Gilsii Bd. figured by A. Glint her. Proc. 



Zool. Soc. London. 1880. PI. 42. Fig. A and B. : a and a 1 fore and hind foot 



of Neurotrichus, b and b 1 fore and hind foot of Urotrichus, u. and 1. dentition of 



right upper and lower jaw of Neurotrichus. 



Fam. Soricidae. 



Trouessart, E. L., Revision des Musaraignes (Soricidae) d'Europe et Note sur les Insectivo- 

 res en general , avec 1'indication des especes qui se trouvent en France. Bulletin de 

 la Soc. d'Etudes scientif. d'Angers. 1880. p. 179203. 



The following genera and species are described and classified as inhabiting Eu- 

 rope : Diplomesodon pidchellus Licht., Crocidura leucodon Herm., Crocidura araneus 

 Schreb., Crocidura suaveolens Pallas, Pachyura etrusca Savi, Sorex alp-inns Schinz, 

 Sorex mdgaris L., Sorex pygmaeus Laxni., L., Crossopus fodiens Pallas ; the author 

 states that in France the following species are found : Crocidura leucodon, araneus, 

 Pachyura etrusca, Sorex alpinus, vulgar is, pygmaetis and Crossopus fodiens. 

 Crocidura (Pachyura} Coquerelii n. sp. E. L. Trouessart. Notes from the Leydeu 



Museum. 18SO. Vol. 2. p. 85. Hab.: Mayotte. 



Crocidura edwardsiana n. sp. E. L. Trouessart, from Soeloe-islands between N. 

 E. Borneo and Mindanao. - - Le Naturaliste. 15. decembre 1880. p. 330. 



Fam. Erinaceidae. 

 Trouessart, E. L., Note sur la synonymic du genre Tanrec et des genres modernes, qui en 



ont ete demembres. Le Naturaliste. ler Mars 18SO. p. 178 180. 

 He distinguishes the following species: Ericuhts spinosua Desm., Centetes ecau- 



