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2. Description of a new species or Bat. By Charles Lucien 

 Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano, etc. 



Arctibius Floresii. 



Sp. Ch. — Grey brown ; beneath paler, with pale tips to the hair ; 

 two broad streaks on the face, and a narrow streak on the centre of 

 the back, white. Arm-bone rather foliated, one inch four lines in 

 length. Heel-bone very short. Second thumb-joint elongate, slender. 

 Nose-leaf with a distinct centrai rib. 



This new species inhabits the unexplored region of the Republic of 

 Eąuatoria, which borders on the wilds of Brazil. It was coUected 

 there in company with Anoura Geoffroyi, Phyllostoma nigrum, and 

 Molossus ater, by the intrepid traveller M. Delattre, from whom I re- 

 ceived it through M. Bourcier, the eminent Trochilidist. 



I dedicate it to our common friend the high-minded General 

 Flores, the companion of Bolivar, and once the worthy President of 

 the Republic, to ■vvhose civilization his thoughts are still constantly 

 directed, and where he still occupies a distinguished place in the 

 hearts of his fellow-citizens. 



3. On a new genus of Suid^ and a new species of Taxidea. 

 By b. h. Hodgson, Esq., Corr. Memb. etc. 



Genus Porcula, mihi. 

 Gen. Ch. — Teeth |^ . iil . 1^ = 40. Canines small, straight, se- 

 verely cutting, but not exserted from the lips. Fourth toe on all the 

 feet small and uneąual. Tail very short, but distinct. Type, 



Porcula Salvania, mihi. 



Sp. Ch. — Pigmy Hog of a brown-black colour, slightly and irregu- 

 larly shaded with sordid amber. Tris hazel. Nude skin dirty flesh- 

 colour. Hoofs glossy-brown. Length from snout to vent 18 to 20 

 inches ; height 8 to 10 in. ; head 6 in. ; tail |- or less than 1 in. 

 Weight 8 to 10, rarely 12lbs. 



Hab. Saul Forest. 



Remark. — The Pigmy Hog of the Saul Forest is almost eąually 

 allied to the true Hogs and the Peccaries, agreeing with the former 

 in the absence of any peculiar organs, such as the gular flaps of 

 larvatus and the pelvic sac of torguatus and labiatus ; also in the 

 number and form of the incisor teeth, and in having a perfect tail 

 and four toes to each foot ; but differing from the true Hogs and 

 agreeing ■vvith the Peccaries in the number of the molar teeth, in the 

 st3'le of the laniaries, in the dirainished elongation of the jaws, and 

 in the absence of the nasal cartilage, and showing yet further lean- 

 ing towards the šame type {Dicotyles) by the extreme smallness of 

 the tail, and by the tendency of the fourth toe to disappearance. 



Our proposed genus should have a place in a natūrai system be- 

 tvveen Sus and Dicotyles ; its positive characters being the presence 

 of a tail and of a fourth toe, the limited number of molar teeth, and 



