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as in Erinaceus , but the incisors in the upper' jaw are 

 four in number, and therefore this species entirely agrees 

 with Setiger setosics , which generic and specific name is 

 the oldest. — Wagner ^) has changed the generic name 

 Echinops to Echinogale. — For the same reason Ericulus 

 nigrescens , Is. Geoff. St. Hilaire *) also is Setiger setosus , 

 or perhaps a black variety of latter. Centetes armatus , 

 Is. Geoff. St. H. (o. c) agrees with the true Centetes ecau- 

 datus , whilst his Centetes setosus (o. c.) was a young spe- 

 cimen of Erinaceus madagascariensis Shaw , as the figures 

 clearly demonstrate. 



In "Notes sur les Mammifères , etc.", A. Grandidier ') 

 enumerates among two other species (viz: Centetes ecauda- 

 tus , L. and Ericulus nigrescens^ Geoff. = black variety of 

 Setiger setosus) also Ericulus spinosus , Illiger. As I men- 

 tioned above, Illiger has invented the generic name Centetes, 

 and moreover emplayed only the specific name ecaudatus , Lin. 

 Gm. Perhaps Grandidier meant Ericulus spinosus , Is. Geoff. 

 St. H. , but this specific name (the species was based upon 

 specimens in a very bad state of conservation) is synonymous 

 with Ericidus nigrescens^ Geoff, (see the description apud 

 Geoffroy, o. c). Echinops Mivortii *) , Grandidier, or Echi- 

 nops Miwarti ^ , Grandidier , apparently belongs to the black 

 variety of Setiger setosus. 



Pollen and v. Dam ^) have gathered specimens , some ivith 

 and others ivithout white lines on the back, they however 

 state that the former were young specimens of the latter — 

 viz: of Centetes ecaudatus. — Is. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, o. c. 

 says "les jeunes individus de cette espèce , (du Centetes 

 setosus , Cuvier =r Erinaceus madagascariensis , Shaw) different 

 considerablement des adultes. J'ai sous les yeux plusieurs 



1) Die Siiugcthiere Schreber's, Supplementband, II, 1841, p. 29. 



2) Magasin de Zoölogie, 1839, deuxième Série, p. 1 et sqq. pk 1 a 4, 



3) Revue et Magasin de Zoölogie, 1867. 



4) Bulletin de la Société de Géographie, 1871. 



5) Revue et Magasin de Zoölogie, 1869, p. 338 



6) Recherches sur la faune de Madagascar, 1868, 2'ne partie, p. 25. 



JVotes from the Leyden IMuseum. 



