256 ! Vertebrata. 



Pipistrellus lepidus Blyth and probably Scotophilus rusticus Tomes are identical with 



Vesperugo Kuhlii Nat. - Vesperugo senaarensis and hypoleucus Fitz. and Heugl. 



appear identical with Vesperugo Temminckii Cretzsch. - - Synonyms of Scotophilus 



borbonicus Geoff, are Nycticejus flavigaster and murinnftavus Heugl. - Vespertilio 



africanm Dobs. = V. murinus Schreb. - - Report etc. by Dob son. 1880. 

 Vesperus sinensis n. sp. W. Peters. Hab. Peking (Chinai . Monatsber. d. kon. PreuB. 



Akad. der Wissensch. zu Berlin. 1880. p. 258. with a woodcut, representing 



the ear. 

 Jackel, A. J. , Uber die Verbreitung der nordischen Fledermaus, Vesperugo JWfesomY Keys, et 



Bias., und ihre Eigenschaft als Wanderthier. in: Zool. Garten. 1880. p. 237 243. 

 Vesperugo (Vesperus} brnnneusn. sp. Oldfield Thomas, from Old Calabar. Ann. and 



Mag. of Nat. Hist. August 1880. p. 165 and a woodcut of the ear. 

 Vesperugo angulatus n. sp. Peters. Hab. Duke of York island. Gesellsch. der natur- 



forsch. Freunde zu Berlin. 19. Oct. 1880. p. 122. 

 Vesperugo [Noctula] Plancyi n. sp. Gerbe. Hab. Pekin , China. Le Naturaliste. 



15. Mars 1880. p. 187. 

 Vespertilio akokomuli Temm. = Vesperugo abramiis Temm. Notes from the Leyden 



Museum. Vol. 2. Note 6. 1880. p. 37, by F. A. Jentink. 



Vespertilio erythrodactylus Temm. = Vesperugo georgianus F. Cuv. by the same au- 

 thor, id. p. 39. 

 Kerivoula javana n. sp. Oldfield Thomas , from Kosala, Bantam, Java, 2100 feet 



above the sea. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. Vol. 5. 1880. p. 472 473, with a 



woodcut. 

 Kerivoula Smithii n. sp. Oldfield Thomas . from Old Calabar. Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist. August 1880. p. 166, with a woodcut of the ear. 

 Harpyiocephalus Hilgendorfi n. sp., Peters. Hab. Yedo, Japan. Monatsber. d. k. Pr. 



Acad. d. Wissensch. zu Berlin. Januar 1880. p. 24. plate, fig. 1 10. 

 Xatalus micropus n. sp., G. E. Dobson, from Kingston, Jamaica. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, p. 443 and 444, with a woodcut representing the head. 

 Triaenops afer Peters is a variety of Triaenops persicus, Dobson. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London. 1879. p. 717. 

 Dobson believes that the different sizes and positions of the second lower pre- 



molar in the following species , viz : Nycteris thebaica , angolensis , damarensis , ca- 



pensis and fuliginosa are merely examples of its variability in a single species, 



namely in Nycteris thebaica Geoffr. Report etc. 1880. 

 Vampyrops infuscus n. sp. Peters. Hab. Grotte von Ninabamba (Peru). Monatsber. 



der k. Pr. Acad. der Wisseusch. zu Berlin. 1880. p. 259, with two woodcuts 



(head and ear). 

 Megaderma gigas n. sp. G. E. Dobson, from Australia, Mount Marganet, Wilson's 



River, Central-Queensland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1880. p. 461 and 462, 



plate XL VI. fig. a: the animal, natural size ; fig. b : its skull, cf. p. 421. 



6. Rodentia. 

 Albrecht, P., Cber den Stammbaum der Nagethiere. in: Schriften d. Phys. Oekon. Gesellsch. 



zu Konigsberg. Jahrgang 21. Erste Abth. 1880. p. 3133. 



He distinguishes : A. Ditoxa: 1. Leporida or Eurytreta. 2. Dipoda or Steno- 

 treta. B. Tritoxa : 1. Brachytreta (Arvicolina, Castorina, Myopotamus, Georhychus). 

 2. Hypsitreta (Muriua, Sciurina, Arctomyina) and C. Tetratoxa: Hystricina, Ca- 

 viina, Dasyproctina. 



Gill, Leon H., Book of the Rabbit: a complete work on Breeding and Rearing all Variety of 

 Fancy Rabbits, giving their History, Variations, etc. London. Bazaar Office. 1880. 

 8. (48 p.). Ex Anzeiger. 



