286 I- Vertebrata. 



vulgaris, erminea, sannatica, boccamela, Richardsonii, sibiricus, itatsi and nudipes. 

 A very interesting paper in which the author describes the specific characteristics 

 in the skulls of Foetorius putorins, Eversmanni. furo, sarmaticus, lutreola, vison, vul- 

 aaris, erminea, boccamela, Richardsonii, frenatus, alpinus, sibiricus, itatsi and nudipes. 



Mustela Jelskil n. sp. Taczanowski. (Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1881. p. 647.) This 

 species has been captured by Jelski at Cutervo, North-east Peru. 



Mustela Stohmanni n. sp. L. Taczanowski. (ibid. p. 835.) Hab. East Peru. Yuri- 

 maguas. 



Fam. Ursidae. 



Kraus, Franz, Neue Funde von Ursus spelaeus im Dachsteingebiete. in: Jahrb. k. k. Geol. 



Reichsanstalt. Wien. 1881. p. 528538. Taf. XI and a woodcut. 

 Filhol, H., Observations sur le genre Proailurus. Avec 5 pi. Toulouse, Irnpr. Douladoure- 



Privat. 1881. 8. 47 p. Ex Anzeiger. 

 Herbst, G. ; Zur Naturgeschichte des Dachses. in: Zeitschr. f. wiss. Zoologie. 1881. Bd. 36. 



p. 471485. 



Fam. Lutra. 



Corbin, G. B., Otters in Hampshire, in: The Zoologist. March 1881. p. 102. 



Brandt, J. F., Beobachtungen iiber die verschiedenen Kleider der Seeotter, Enhydris marina, 



nebst einigen Bemerkungen iiber ihre geographische Verbreitung. in : Bull. Acad. 



Imp. Sc. St. Petersbourg. 1881. p. 1523. 



3. Phocae. 



Collett, Robert. On Halichoerus grypus and its breeding on the Fro Islands off Throndhjems- 

 Fj or d in Norway, in: Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1S81. p. 380388. 



Flower, William Henry, On the Elephant Seal, Macrorhinus leoninus Linn. ibid, p 145 

 163, with woodcuts of the side view of upper teeth and of lower ones. 



4. Insectivora. 

 Fam. Talpidae. 



Talpa leptura n. sp. Oldfield Thomas (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1881. Vol. VII. 

 p. 469472.). Hab. China. 



Fam. Soricidae. 



Trouessart, E. L., Note sur une Musaraigne de Cochinchine. in: Ann. Sc. Nat. 6. Serie. 



T. X. p. 5. 



, Note additionnelle sur une Musaraigne de Cochinchine. ibid. 1881. T. XI. p. 1. 

 Croddura (Pachyura) Coquerelii n. sp. Trouessart. Hab. Mayotte. (Ann. Sc. Nat. 



6. Serie. T. X. p. 7. pi. 19. fig. 1.) 

 Macroscelides Revoilii n. sp. Huet. Hab. Somali-coast, Medjourtine. 'Bull. Societe 



philom. Paris. 16 Avril 1881. 6 p.) 



Giinther, A., Notes on the species of Rlnjnchncyon and Petrodromus. in: Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London. 1881. p. 163 and 164. 



According to the author there are to be distinguished one species of Petrodromus 

 and four of Rhynchocyon, among which two new : 

 Rhynchocyon macrurus n. sp. Giinther (Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1881. p. 163) ; 



from East Africa, 8 S. lat. (banks of the river Rovuma). 



Rhynchocyon chrysopygos n. sp. Giinther ' v ibid. p. 164. pi. XIV): from the river 

 Mombaca . 



