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south ward at least as far as 18° North Lat. ; and (4) that the probability 

 of the identity of the North Pacific species w r ith those of the North 

 Atlantic is strengthened by the evidence collected. 



As evidence is strengthened regarding the specific identity of the 

 whales of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, the belief that the same 

 species of large whales range all over the globe is also strengthened. It 

 is well known that whales closely resembling Megaptera nodosa, B. acuto- 

 rostrata, B. musculm and B. physalus — to mention no others — occur in 

 the South Atlantic and the Antarctic seas, and also, the second and last, 

 at least, about New Zealand. But even if it should be proved that the 

 species of large whalebone whales are cosmopolitan, it does not follow 

 that the individuals constituting these several species range throughout 

 the globe. The probabilities are much against such world-wide move- 

 ments, and in the case of the Plight whale it appears to have been 

 demonstrated by Maury that individuals do not cross the equator. The 

 memoir is sumptuously illustrated. 



The Roman Mole.* — L. Camerano has made an elaborate compari- 

 son between the Roman mole {Talpa romana Oldfield Thomas), the 

 common mole Talpa europtm, and T. ectca Savi. His detailed measure- 

 ments of many parts illustrate minutiose taxonomic work. He has no- 

 doubt that T. romana is a very distinct species. The common mole 

 occurs in various parts of Italy, but does not differ from that of other 

 countries. Variations with fused eyelids occur ; this is normal in 

 T. cceca, and the taxonomic value of T. cc&ca requires further study. 



New Order of Ungulate Mammals.f — C. W. Andrews has come 

 to the conclusion that the remarkable genus Arsinoitherium (from the 

 Eocene of Egypt) must be referred to a new sub-division of the 

 TJngulata of equal value with the Amblypoda and Proboscidea, to both 

 of which a certain degree of relationship may exist. For this new order 

 the name Barypoda is proposed, in allusion to the massive character of 

 the limbs. For another genus Barytherium, it seems safest to erect a 

 sub-division of the Amblypoda, the Barytheria, equivalent in value to 

 the Dinocerata. 



Forest Pig of Central Africa. £ — Oldfield Thomas notes that 

 R. Meinertzhagen has procured two skulls and some portions of skin 

 of the "forest pig" reported by Sir Henry Stanley and Sir Harry 

 Johnston. The trophies show that the animal represents a most in- 

 teresting new genus connecting the aberrant wart-hog {Phaco cheer us) 

 with the more ordinary Suidae, such as Sus and Potamochmrus. It may 

 be regarded as an early stage in the specialisation of the wart-hog. The 

 name proposed is Hylochozrus meinertzluujenl. 



Material for the Study of Ruminants. § — Einar Lonnberg makes 

 a contribution to the comparative anatomy of the wild ruminants, — 

 the black-buck of India (Antilope cervicapra), Cephalopus ogilbyi, C. me- 

 lanorhocus, and C. silvicultor, Boselaphus tragocamelus, and Anoa. In 



* Mem. R. Acad. Sci. Torino, liv. (1904) pp. 81-128 (1 pi.). 



t Geol. Mag., 5th decade, i. (1903) pp. 481-2. 



X Nature, lxx. (1904) p. 577. 



§ Nova Acta R. Soc. Sci. Upsala, xx. (1904) Sect. ii. Art. 2, pp. 1-61 (2 pis.). 



