Mammals described by M. Fernand Lataste. 353 



Meriones shaioi longiceps, Lat. 

 Mamin. Barb. Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. xxix. p. 269 (1885). Hab. Tunis. 



Lectotype. Old male, skull only, 19. 7. 7. 1941. 

 The figured skull (P. Z. S. 1881, p. 94, fig. 2) is that of a 

 specimen of mixed parentage, no. 19. 7. 7. 2294. 



Meriones shawi crassibulla, Lat. 



Mamm. Barb. Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. xxix. p. 269 (1885). Hab. Te- 

 bessa and other localities, Algeria. 



Lectotype. Adult female skin, B.M. no. 19. 7. 7. 2982, and 

 its skull, no. 19. 7. 7. 2981. From Tebessa. . 



Mas spretus, Lat. 



Act. Linn. Soc. Bord. xxxvii. p. 27 (1883). Hab. Oued-Magra, High 

 Plateau of Algeria. 



Type. Adult female skin, 19. 7. 7. 1861, and its skeleton, 

 19. 7. 7. 1862. 



Pitymys planiceps, Miller. 



Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) i. p. 203 (1908;. Hab. Bareges, Hautes 

 Pyrenees, France. 



Type. Adult, skull only, B.M. no. 19. 7. 7. 2190. 

 M. Lataste appears to have received this skull from Baron 

 de Selys-Longchamps. 



Dipus darricarrerei, Lat. (now Jaculus). 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. xviii. p. 661 (1883). Hab. Bou-Saada, Algeria. 



Lectotype. Adult female skin, B.M. no. 19. 7. 7. 2077, and 

 its skull, 19.7.7.2078. 



(Probably referable to Jaculus jaculus deserti, Loche.) 



Ctenodactylus mzabi, Lat. (now Massoutiera mzabi). 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. vi. p. 214 (1881). Hab. Ghardaia, Mzab. 



Lectotype. Male skeleton, without skin, B.M. no. 

 19. 7. 7. 1311. The skull figured in the original paper. 

 The other co-type (now lectoparatype), female, was given to 

 the Paris Museum. 



A metatype, skin and skull, is in the collection, B.M. no. 

 19. 7. 7. 2924. 



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