PARADOXURUS ANNULATUS. 1'29 



Aud if we uow take the trouble to compare Waguer's 

 description and the figures given by me, with the figures 

 and descriptions of Bassaris sumichrasti de Saussure (1860), 

 Bassaris variabilis Peters (1874), Bassaris monticola Cor- 

 dero (1875) and Bassaris raptor {sumichrasti) Alston (1879 — 

 82) a. s. o. , then every one will conclude that de Saus- 

 sure, Peters, Cordero and Alston have had specimens of 

 Wagner's F. annulatus and described them as distinct 

 species. And, as Wagner published his » Supplement" in 

 1841 , his specific title ought to be retained and all the 

 other later given names thus are synonymes of annulatus 

 Wagner. 



The differences between Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein 

 and Wagner's species are so many and so striking ones, 

 for instance, in the external appearance (ears, tail, soles 

 of feet) and in the skull (molars and especially the four 

 trilobed upper incisors) that I believe it desirable to sepa- 

 rate them into two genera and to call the new genus 

 Wagneria. And now the locality of Wagyieria annulata is 

 not uncertain , but undoubtedly Central America. 



Notes from the Ley den Museum, Vol. VIII. 



