Generic Division of the Hedgehogs. 195 



:'.. Atelerix. 



Atelerix, Pomel, Arch. Sci. Nat. Geneva, ix p. 251 (1848). 

 "Beroechin.ua, Fit/.. SB. Wis-". Wien, liv. L, p. 666 i L866) (typo, E. pru- 

 nerif Wagn.). 



Range. Northern Africa — Senegal to Egypt, southwards 

 to British East Africa. 



Genotype (now definitely designated). A. albiventris (Eri- 

 naceus albiventris, Wagn.). 



Other species : — 



adansom, Ifuchebr. spiculue, Thos. 



hindei, Thos. 



4. Hemieciiinus. 



llemiechinus, Fitz. SB. Wiss. Wien, liv. 1, p. 565 (1866). 



Range. Southern and Eastern Pahearctic Region, extending 

 southwards into Egypt and Northern India. 



Genotype (now selected and designated). //. pkityotis 

 (Eriitaceus platyotis, Sund.). 



Otiier species and subspecies : — 



alaschanicus, Sat. 

 albttlus, Stol. 

 auritus, ( im. 

 brachyotis, Sat. 

 calligoni, Sat. 

 collaris, ( fray. 

 dauricus, Sund. (?). 

 grayi, Bonn. 



megabits, Bly. 

 minor, Sat. 

 miodon, Thos. 

 pereicus, Sat. 

 przewalskii, Sat. 

 russowi, Sat. 

 turantcue, Sat. 

 turfunicux, Matsch. 



Satunin and other authors have evidently supposed that 

 auritus was the genotype of llemiechinus, but that name 

 is not included in Fitzinger's original paper, quoted above, 

 where the first two species are both members of what is here 

 called Paraechinus. But by my now formally selecting 

 platyotis, Sund. (which is synonymized by Anderson with 

 auritus), from Fitzinger's list as the genotype, the generic 

 name may be retained for the group so termed by Satunin. 



5. Paraechinus. 



Paraechinus, Trouess. Bev. Mng. Zool. 1879, p. 243. 

 Range. From South-eastern Europe and Egypt to India. 



