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7. Sternotherus Linneotus, Sm. 8. Varanus albogularis, Daud. 



9. Bucephalus viridis, ^xa. 10. Echinorhynus obesus, ^m.', a spe- 

 cies of shark, taken, though rarely, at the Cape of Good Hope ; and 

 it is worthy of notice, that at a late Meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation Mr. Strickland exhibited a drawing of an undescribed shark, 

 taken on the Yorkshire coast, very closely allied in appearance to this, 

 and coming into the same genus. No. II. contains : 1. Erinaceus 

 frontalis, Sm., a good figure of a hedgehog, obtained in the districts 

 around old Latakoo. 2. Herpestes badius, Sm., from the same 

 locality. 3. Sciurus Cepapi, Sm. 4. Prionops Talacoma, Sm. 

 b.Crateropus Jardinii, Sm. 6. Euplectestaha. 1 . Philatesrus lepidus , 

 Sm. 8. Merops Bullockioides, Sm. 9. Pterocles variegatus, Burchell. 



10. Echidna incrassata. 



Archiv fur Naturgeschichte. In Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten , 

 herausgegeben von Dr. Ar. Fr. Aug. Wiegmann, Professor an der 

 Friederich Wilhelms-Universitiit zu Berlin. Vierter Jahrgang. 

 Zweites Heft. Berlin, 1838. 



[Continued from Vol. I. p. 321.] 



The present part contains several very interesting papers, which 

 we can but briefly notice in this place. The first article, ' Remarks 

 on the Caspian Sea,' by Prof. E. Eichwald of Wilna, has for its 

 principal object to establish that the Caspian is independent of the 

 Black Sea, a conclusion founded upon its diff'erent Fauna. Most of 

 the fish found in the Caspian are fresh- water fish ; there are however 

 several peculiar species from genera which hitherto have been ob- 

 served in salt water only. Several new species of fish are described 

 by the author, of which we can merely mention the names. The 

 most numerous tribe inhabiting this sea, are the Cyprinidce, some of 

 which are quite peculiar to it. The following are those described as 

 new : Cobitis caspia, Clupea caspia, C.pontica, Atherina caspia, A.pon- 

 tica. A new genus allied to the family of the Gobia;, the diagnosis 

 of which is as follows : — 



Benthophilus. Caput depressum, dilatatum, alepidoti trunci instar ver- 

 rucis aculeigeris undique obsitum, operculum branchiale aculeato-ver- 

 rucosuni, apertura branchialis exigua lateralis, pinnae abdominales sub 

 pectoralibus infixes medio connatae, pinna dorsi duplex, priore 3-radiata. 



Benthophilus macrocephalus, Gobius sulcatus, G. affinis, G. caspius, 

 Syngnathus nigrolineatus and S. caspius. Among the Amphibia we find 

 mentioned as most remarkable, Clemmys caspia and Tropidonotus hy- 

 drus. T. scutatus, Pall., the author considers to be merely a black va- 

 riety of T. natrix ; the same is the case with T. persa, Pall. The sea 



