IV 



<nii7 Illustration*. 



>it >/* of Tomes a valid species, 155; A bat of the genus 

 Lii'honijftti'ix in South America, 156; Systematic name of 

 the large noctule bat of Europe, 156; Antennaria solitaria 

 lu'arlhe District of Columbia, 157; Batrachium hederaceum 

 in America, 157: Change of name, 158. 

 A Second Collection of Hats from the Island of Curasao, by 



u.Trit S. Miller, Jr 159-162 



A New Gerbille from Eastern Turkestan, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 163-164 



General Notes 165-170 



The systematic name of the Cuban red bat, 165; On the oc 

 currence of a bat of the genus Mormoop* in the United 

 States, 166; A correction relative to the Tarsier, 166; An 

 older name for the Aard Vark, 166; An older name for the 

 Ogotona, 166; The proper name of the Yiscacha, 166; An 

 older name for the Norway rat, 167; On the recent occur 

 rence of the black rat in Boston, Massachusetts, 167; Note 

 on Dipodomys montanus Baird, 167; Remarks on an unusual 

 ly large lobster caught off Newport, Rhode Island, 168; A 

 new southern violet, 169; The correct name for the eastern 

 form of the fox squirrel, 169. 



Some Plants of West Virginia, by E. L. Morris 171-182 



General Notes .' 183-184 



New name for a North American squirrel, 183; The proper 

 name of the Viscacha, 183; A new Helianthus from Florida, 

 184. 



A New Mouse Deer from Lower Siam, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 185-186 



Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on Pulo Lankawi and 



the Butang Islands, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 187-193 



Ribes mescalerium, an Undescribed Currant from New Mexico 



and Texas, by Frederick V. Coville 195-198 



Potypodium hesperium, a New Fern from Western North Amer 

 ica, by William R. Maxon 199-200 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



I. Dryopteris goldieana celsa and Dryopteris goldieana goldieana. 

 II. Dogbanes of the District of Columbia. 



III. Skulls of Rats (Mus) from Siam. 



IV. Skulls of Rats (Mus] from Siam. 

 V. Skulls of Rats (Mus} from Siam. 



TEXT FIGURES. 



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Figure 1 . Heads of Tatoua hispida and Tatoua centralis from side. 4 



2. Heads of Tatoua hispida and Tatoua centralis from above 5 



3. Skulls of Synaptomys sphagnicola and Synaptomys in- 



nuitus 44 



4. Diagrammatic section of eye of Byblis serrata 49 



5. Section of eye of Byblis serrata . 50 



