6. Mammalia. II. Orders, Families and Genera. 287 



Fam. Tupaiae. 

 Jentink. F. A., On Gymnura Candida, in: Notes Leyden Mus. 1881. p. 166 169. 



He points out that Gymnura Candida from Borneo is not a white variety of Gym- 

 nura Rafflesii, but a very good and distinct species. 



5. Ghiroptera. 

 Fam. Pteropodidae. 



Leiponyx Buttikoferi n. sp. Jentink. From Liberia, St. Paul's River. (Notes from 

 the Leyden Mus. 1881. p. 59.) 



Fam. Vespertilionidae. 



Herman, Otto, Aus dem handschriftlichen Nachlasse des Joh. Sal. Pete nyi. in: Termesze- 

 trajzi Fuzetek. Budapest. 1881. Negyedik kotet. IV Fiizet. p. 251259 and p. 329 

 -331. 



He describes the following bats as inhabiting Hungary : Vesperugo noctula, 



Vesp. pipislrettus, Vespertilio murinus, Vesperus discolor, Vesp. serotinus, Plecotus 



auritus, Miniopterus Schreibersii, Rhinolophus hipposideros and Rhin. ferrum equinum. 



Peters, W., Uber die Chiropteren-Gattung Mormopterus und die dahin gehorigen Arten. 



in: Monatsber. k. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1881. p. 482 486. With an uncoloured plate 



representing skulls and heads and parts of skulls. 



The following species belong to this genus: Mormopterus acetabulosus Comm., 

 M.jugularis Pet., M. setiger Pet., M. norfolcensis Gray and a new species, vide 

 infra. 

 Vesperugo papuanus n. sp. Peters et Doria. (Ann. Mus. Civ. Sc. Nat. Genova. 1881. 



p. 696.) Hab. Salvatti. 

 Harpiocephalus tubinaris n. sp. Scully. From Gilgit. (Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 



1881. p. 200, with a woodcut of the head.) 

 EmballonuraBeccariin.^. Peters et Doria. (Ann. Mus. Civ. Sc. Nat. Genova. 1881. 



p. 693.) Hab. Ansus, Ins. Jobi. 



Mormopterus Beccarii n. sp. Peters. Hab.Amboina. (Monatsb. k. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 

 1881. p. 484, with figures of head and skull). 



6. Rodentia. 



Cope, E. D., Review of the Rodentia of the Miocene Period of North America, in : Bull. 



U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Survey Territories. 1881. p. 361387. 



I. Sciuromorpha: Sciurus Vortmani, relictus and ballovianus from the White 

 River Miocene beds of Colorado and Oregon. Gymnoptychus minutus and trilophus 

 from the White River horizon of Colorado . Meniscomys hippodus, liolophus, cavatus 

 and nitens from the Truckee Miocene of Oregon. Ischyromys with a single species. 

 Castor fiber, viciacensis, gradatus, nebrascensis, pansus and a new species (vide infra) . 

 Mylagaulus sesquipedalis and a new species (see infra) . Heliscomys veins. II. Myo- 

 morpha: Eumys elegans from the White River Miocene epoch. Hesperomys lo- 

 xodon from the Miocene Period and probably a second species in the Loup Fork 

 beds. Paciculus insolitus and locking lonianus from the Truckee beds of Oregon. 

 Entoptychus planifrons, minor, lambdoidens, cavifrons and crassiramis . Pleurolicus 

 sulcifrons, leptophrys and diplophysus. III. Lagomorpha: Palaeolagns agapetittus, 

 Haydeni, triplex and turgidus. Lepus with a single species (vide infra). 



