On ilie Tec7i)iic(il Name of tJie Tusmanian D>:vil. 289 



tip of muzzle to supraorbital foramen 7*5; palate length 12; 

 breadth between cuter corners of w' 4 ; front of canine to 

 back of 7/i' 7-1. 



Nab. Guatemala. 



Ti/pe. Adult male in spirit. B.M. no. 79. 12. 24. 1. 

 Collected by Mr. G. C Champion and presented by F. 

 DuCane Godman, Esq., in whose honour I have named it. 



This bat was on arrival determined as G. minor by Dobson, 

 but not only does its skull dififer conspicuously from that 

 referred by the same author in his Catalogue to Peters's 

 species, but in the original description no mention is made of 

 the proportions of the head or skull being in any way different 

 from those of the typical species C. mexicana. In fact, the 

 head-length of C. minor (26 millini.) is alone sufficient io 

 prove the distinctness of the two forms. 



XXXVI. — Note on the Technical Name of the Tasmani in 

 Devil. By Oldfield Thomas. 



The current name for this animal, Sarcophilus ursinus, h 

 based on the Didelphys ursina of Harris (Tr. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 p. 176, 1808), but not of Shaw (Gen. Zool. i. pt. 2, p. 504, 

 1800), which is the Tasmanian wombat. On the principle of 

 *' once a synonym always a synonym," the name ursinus is 

 not avaihible for the animal to which it was applied at the 

 later date, and a new name will therefore be required for the 

 Tasmanian Devil. 



I would suggest for it that of Sarcophilus satanicus. 



XXXVII. — A new Duiker from West Africa. 

 Bj Oldfield Thomas. 



The British Museum owes to 8ir Douglas Brooke, Bart., 

 the gift of three specimens — adult male, female, and young — • 

 of a Duiker from Fanti, from the collection of his father 

 Sir Victor Brooke. These have hitherto been regarded as 

 Cephalophiis Ogilbyi ; but an opportunity having occurred of 

 examining a fresh skin and skull of the latter animal, brought 

 home by Capt. Boyd Alexander from Fernando Po, I find 

 that the mainland form is distinct from that of the island. In 



