6. Mammalia. II. Orders Families and Genera. 239 



fulvescens; M. Jerdoni; M. niveiventer ; M. Blanfordi (plate L) ; M. urbanus; M. 

 bactrianus ; M. cervicolor ; M. arianus ; M. nitidulus ; M. mettada; Leggada platy- 

 thrix ; L. buduga , Vandeleuria oleraceus. 



Thomas, Oldfield, Description of a new species of Rheiihrodon, with remarks on the other 

 species of the genus, in: Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1880. p. 691 697; with seven 

 woodcuts. 



He distinguishes the following species : Rheithrodon cuniculoides, typicus, chin- 

 chilloides and a new one, see infra. 



Trouessart, E. L., Catalogue des Mammiferes vivants et fossiles. Fasc. III. Rongeurs. 1881. 



(vide Corrigenda.) 



Chiropodomys penicillatus Peters = Pithecheirus melanurus Fr. Cuvier. The lo- 

 cality of the former species very likely is Java and not West Africa. 



Trouessart, E. L., Les petits Mammiferes de la France, in : Feuille des jeunes Naturalistes. 



1881. p. 65 68 and 77 83, with a coloured plate of Mus minutus and its nest. 

 The following species of the genus Mm are to be found in France : Mus minu- 

 tus., Mus musculus with its variety Mus hortulanus, Mas sylvaticus, Mus rattus with 

 its variety Mus alexandrinus or tectorum , Mus decumanus with its variety M us 

 maurus. Hitherto Mus ayrarius has not been found in France. 



Trouessart, E. L. , in his Catalogue des Mammiferes vivants et fossiles, 

 Fasc. HI. Rongeurs. 1881. (vide Addenda) proposes to call Mus Beccarii Peters 

 Mus beccarianus, the specific title Beccarii having been given to a Celebian Mouse 

 by Jentink. 



Schlegel, H., On the Winternest of the Dwarfmouse (Mus minutus}. in : Notes Leyden Mus. 



1881. p. 2329. 

 Mus Blanfordi n. sp. Oldfield Thomas. Hab. Madras, Kadapa. (Ann. of Nat. 



Hist. 1881. Vol. 7. p. 24.) 

 Mus mollipilosus n. sp. Peters et Doria. (Ann. Mus. Civ. Sc. Nat. Geneva. 1881. 



p. 698.) Hab. Katau. Mus ringens n. sp. Peters et Doria. (ibid. p. 700.) 



Hab. Fly River. - - Mus Beccarii n. sp. Peters et Doria. (ibid. p. 700.) Hab. 



Sorong. - - Mus Albertisii n. sp. Peters et Doria. (ibid. p. 702.) Hab. Sorong. 

 - Uromys validus n. sp. Peters et Doria 'ibid. p. 703.). Hab. Katau, n. Guinea 



austro-orientalis. 



Trouessart, E. L., Note sur le Mus pilorides. in: Le Naturaliste. 1881. p. 355. 



He proposes to create a new subgenus for the reception of this Mouse , namely 



3 3 



Megalomys n. subg. Dentes molares - ^ superiores et inferiores a primo ad 



ultimum longitudine decrescentes ; digitis rnediis haud palmatis , unguibus recur- 



vis, robustis ; caetera Nectomys Peters. - -Type: Mus pilorides Desmarest. Hab. 



Antilles. 

 Ctenodactylus mzabi n. sp. Lataste. Bull. Soc. Zool. France. 1881. 12 p., with 



eight woodcuts. Hab. Gardaia, Prov. Mzab, Sahara. 

 Georychm Mechoicii n. sp. Peters. Hab. Malange, interior of Angola. Sitzungsber. 



Ges. Naturf. Freunde. Berlin. 1881. p. 133.) 

 Psammomys Roudairei n . sp. Lataste. Le Naturaliste, 1881. p. 492. Hab. Algeria 



and Egypte, Mariout. 

 Amphiaulacomys n. g. Lataste. Bulletin Soc. Zool. France, 1881. p. 45. it is 



characterised by the incisors which are twice grooved. The type species is 



Amph. opimus Lichtenstein (pallidus Wagner) . Hab. Algeria. 

 Lophiomys Imhausi A. Milne Edwards, byHenryH. Giglioli. Zoologischer An- 



zeiger, 1881. p. 45. 



Zool. Jahresbericht. 1881. IV. 19 



