260 ! Vertebrata. 



9. Edentata. 



White, E. W.. On Chlamydophorus truncatus. in: Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1S80. p. 8 11. 

 Limoynitherium myensn. g. n. sp. H. Filhol, found at Limogne. Compt. rend. hebd. 

 des Seances de 1'Ac. des Sc. Paris. 1880. p. 158o. 



10. Cetacea. 



Delp/iimts attirostris. White beaked Dolphin caught off the Bell Rock, E. Scotland. 



- Hardwicke's Science Gossip. 1880. p. 277. 



Reinhardt, J.. Jlcsoplodon bidens , en tilvaext til den danske Havfauna. Med 1 tav. Kjoben- 

 havn. 1S80. SO. (12 pag.). Ex Anzeiger. 



11. Marsupialia. 

 Alston, Edward E., On Anteclnnomys and its Allies, in: Proc. Zool. Soc. L. 1880. p. 454 



461, with a coloured plate representing Anteehinomys lanigera and seven woodcuts. 

 He expressed the affinities of the genera as follows, regarding the whole group 

 as a subfamily of the Dasyuridae. - - Phascogalinae: a. Arboreal, 1 Phascologale, 

 2 AntecMmis. b. Terrestrial, 3 Podabnts and 4 Anteehinomys. 



Gibson, Ernest, Notes on the common Opossum Diililpliis aurita Comadrejapicaso or Black 

 and White Comadreja. in : Proc. Nat. Hist. Soe. Glasgow. Vol. 4. part I. 1880. 

 p. 3841. 



, On the Yelknv Opossum (Didelphis crassicaiidata] from Cape San Antonio, Province 



of Buenos Ayres. ibid. p. 84 88. 



Owen, R., On Hypsiprymnodon Ramsay, a Genus indicative of a distinct Family (Pleopodidae) 

 in the Diprotodont Section of the Marsupialia. in : Transact, of the Linn. Soc. Lon- 

 don. Second Series. Vol.^l. p. 573 582, with two plates and three woodcuts. 

 Dasyurm fitsciis n. sp. Alph. Milne-Edwards, Hab. N. Guinea, Arfak-Mounts. 



Compt. rend. hebd. d. Seances de 1'Ac. des Sc. Paris. 1880. p. 1518. 

 Dasyurus albopur.ctatus n. sp. H. Schlegel, Notes from the Leyden Museum. 



1880. Vol. 2. p. 51. Hab: Arfak-Mountains, N. Guinea. 



Diplocynodon n. gen. Marsh, from the Atlautosaurns beds. The Amer. Journ. of Sc. 

 New Haven. Third Series. Vol. 20. Nr. 117. Sept. 1880. p. 235. The canine 

 is inserted by two fangs. Diplocynodon victor n. sp. Marsh. 1. c., with a wood- 

 cut of the lower jaw. Stylacodon validus n. sp. Marsh, 1. c. p. 236. '1 inodon ferox 

 n. sp. Marsh, 1. c. p. 236. Triconodon bisulcus n. 'sp. Marsh, 1. c. p. 237. 

 Dryolestes obtitsus n. sp. 1. c. p. 238. 



12. New Orders. 



Pantotheria n. o. Marsh, Anier. Jouru. of Sc. New Haven. Third Series. 

 Vol. 20. Nr. 117. Sept. 1880. p. 239. 



Cerebral hemispheres smooth. Teeth exceeding or equalling the normal number 

 44. Premolars and molars imperfectly differentiated. Canine teeth with bifid or 

 grooved fangs. Kami of lower jaw unankylosed at symphysis. Mylohyoid groove 

 distinct on inside of lower jaws. Angle of lower jaw without distinct inflection. 

 Condyle of lower jaw near or below horizon of teeth. Condyle vertical or round, 

 not transverse. 



With the exception of a very few aberrant forms, the known Mesozoic Mammals 

 may be placed in this new order. 



Allotheria n. o. Marsh, 1. c.p. 239. Teeth much below the normal number. Canine 

 teeth wanting. Premolar and molar teeth specialized. Angle of lower jaw dist- 

 inctly inflected. Mylohyoid groove wanting. The genera Plagiaulax, Ctenacodon 

 and possibly one or two other genera belong to this new order. 



