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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1911. 



Lyon, Marcus Ward, jr. — Continued. 

 flavus, E. saturatus, E. ubecus, 

 E. spatulatus, Galeopterus borne- 

 anus, G. lautensis, G. abbotti, Eip- 

 posideros insolem, Emballonura 

 pusilla, Kerivoula bombifrons, Py- 

 gathrix rtibicunda rubida, Hylo- 

 bates millleri albibarbis. 



Sciurus poliopus Lyon changed 



to Sciurus conipus. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 24, May 15, 1911, p. 

 98. 

 New name Sciurus conipus pro- 

 posed for the preoccupied Sciurus 

 poliopus Lyon. 



Descriptions of four new tree- 



shrews. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 24, June 16, 1911, 

 pp. 167-170. 

 Describes Tupaia raviana, T. 

 pemangilis, T. natunw, T. sincepis. 



Mearns, Edgar A. Description of a 

 new rabbit from islands off the coast 

 of Virginia. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., 39, 

 No. 1784, Jan. 9, 1911, 

 pp. 227, 228. 

 Describes Sylvilagus floridamus 

 hitchensi. 



New names for two subspecies 



of Peromyscus maniculatus (Wag- 

 ner). 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 24, May 15, 1911, 

 pp. 101, 102. 

 Proposes the new names Pe- 

 romyscus maniculatus borealis, 

 and Peromyscus maniculatus os- 

 goodi for the preoccupied Peromys- 

 cus maniculatus arcticus (Mearns) 

 and Peromyscus maniculatus ne- 

 bracensis (Mearns), respectively. 



Merriam, C. Hart. Ursus sheldoni, a 

 new bear from Montague Island, 

 Alaska. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wasliing- 



ton, 23, Sept. 2, 1910, 



pp. 127-130. 



Describes Ursus sheldoni, based 



on material in Biological Survey 



collection. 



Miller, Gerrit S., jr. A new carni- 

 vore from China. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, 

 No. 1755, Aug. 19, 1910, 

 pp. 385, 386, 1 pi. 

 Describes Vormela negans from 

 the Ordos Desert, Shansi, China. 



Miller, Gerrit S., jr. Descriptions of 

 two new genera and sixteen new 

 species of mammals from the Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 38, 



No. 1757, Aug. 19, 1910, 



pp. 391-404, pis. 18-20. 



Describes Crocidura halconus, G. 



beatus, C. mindorus, C. grand is, 



Tupaia cuyonis, Pteropus pumilus, 



Chilophylla new genus (Hippo- 



sideridw) ; Chilophylla hirsuta, Ta- 



phoz'ous pluto, Epimys tyrannus, 



E. gala, Tryphomys, new genus 



(Muridw). Tryphomys adustus, 



Batomys dentatus, Apomys bardus, 



A. major, A. musculus, Tarsius 



fraterculus. 



Descriptions of six new Euro- 

 pean mammals. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th 

 series, VI, Nov. 1910, pp. 

 458-461. 

 Describes Sore.r araneus grama- 

 rius, Pitymys atticus, Apodemus 

 sylvaticus creticus, Caprcolus ca- 

 preolus canus in British Museum, 

 Dyromys robustus in collection of 

 Knud Andersen, and Microtus den- 

 tatus in the Madrid Museum. 



Descriptions of two new rac- 



coons. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 24, Feb. 24, 1911, p. 38. 

 Describes Procyon pumilus and 

 P. minor, 2 species not hitherto 

 described. 



Descriptions of six new mam- 

 mals from the Malay Archipelago. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



24, Feb. 24, 1911, pp. 



25-28. 



Describes Pipistrellus curtatus, 



Epimys mwrens, E. barussanus, E. 



mengurus, E. batus and Ratufa 



bicolor major. 



Note on the Mus comissarius of 



Mearns. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



24, Feb. 24, 1911, p. 38. 



Shows that the only house mouse 



yet known from the Philippines is 



identical with the Japanese species. 



New names for two European 



voles. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 24, Feb. 24, 1911, p. 39. 

 The preoccupied names Pitymys 

 ibericus fuscus Miller and P. selysii 

 (Gerbe) replaced hy Pitymys iberi- 

 cus pascuus and P. druentius, re- 

 spectively. 



