254 I- Vertebrata. 



datus Schreb., Hemicentetes semispinosus G. Cuv., Hemicentetes madagascariensis 



Shaw. 

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



ont ete demembres. Paris. 23 rue de la Monnaie. 1880. 8. (6 pag.) 

 Cayluxotherium elegans n. sp. H. Filhol, found at Quercy iFrance). Compt. rend. 



hebd. d. Seances de 1'Ac. des Sc. Paris. 1880. p. 1579. 



5. Chiroptera. 



Allen, Harrison, The ethmoid bone in the Bats. Bulletin of the Mus. of Comp. Zool. at Har- 

 vard College, Cambridge, Mass. Vol. 6. 1880. p. 121122. 



He states that in every example he has examined, the details in the arrangement 

 of the scrolls of the ethmoid bone have yielded characters by which the genera and 

 even the species can be readily determined. 



Oobson , G. E., Report on accessions to our knowledge of the Chiroptera during the past 

 two years (1878 1880). Octavo, 29 pag. From the Report of the British Association. 

 1880. 



This Report forms a continuation of the author's book, entitled Catalogue of the 

 Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. June 1878. It is a critical 

 review of the different publications on the subject during that period. 

 Dobson, G. E., On some new or rare Species of Chiroptera in the Collection of the Gottingen 



Museum, in: Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1880. p. 461 465. with a coloured plate. 

 Eight species are referred to, of which one new (see infra) . 

 Dobson, G. E., Notes on some species of Chiroptera from Zanzibar, with descriptions of new 



and rare species, in: Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1879. p. 715 719. 

 Seven species are recorded of which one new (vide infra) . 



Edwards, Alph. Milne, Observations sur quelques Animaux de Madagascar. Comptes rend, 

 hebd. des Seances de 1'Ac. d. Sciences. Paris. 1880. p. 10341038. 

 Among the 34 species of Mammals gathered by Humblot are the following 

 new bats : Triaenops rufus, Tr. Humbloti , Vespems Humbloti, Scotophilm robitstvs 

 n.n. sp.sp. A. Milne Edwards, p. 1035. 



Peters, W., Uber die von Herrn Dr. F. Hilgendorf in Japan gesammelten Chiropteren. 

 in: Monatsber. der kon. PreuC. Akad. d. Wissensch. zu Berlin. Januar 1880. p. 23 

 25. with a plate. 



Rhmolophus/tmtm egmmtmandcormttus, Plecotus aitritus, Miniopterus Schreibersii, 

 Vespents noctula and abramus , Vespertilio macrodactyhis and a new species (see 

 infra) . 

 Thomas, Oldfield, On Bats from Old Calabar. Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. Aug. 1880. 



p. 164 167. with two woodcuts. 



The collection consisted of Epomophoms comptus Allen , Nycteris grandis Pet., 

 Vesperugo nanus Pet. and Vesperugo Kithlii Natt? Two new species were also 

 contained in that collection (vide infra) . 



Dobson, G. E., Observations sur la classification methodique et la structure 

 des chiropteres, (Traduction par A. Robin). Annales des Sciences naturelles. 

 Sixieme Serie. T. 9. 1880. Art. no. 6. p. 50. 



Fam. Pteropodidae. 



New localities for Megachiroptera are : Epomophorus monstrosus Allen , Ogoway, 

 W.Africa; Epomophorus labiatus Temm., Malindi, E.Africa; Pteropus hypoine- 

 lanvs, Temm., Cambodja; Pteropus Kermidrenii Q. and G., New Caledonia : Cyno- 

 nycteris an.plexicaudata Geoffr., Cambodja ; Cynonycteris collaris 111., Cyprus; cf- 



