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comprising Dlnotlieriam^ Manis, and AmpJdcyon. The following 3 species 

 of Falconer are now first fully described : — Listriodon 2>eiitapotamice, 

 Dinotherium pentapotatnicB, AmpJiicyon iKilceindicus^ Falc. and Lyd. 

 The new genus Vishauthirium is founded ; 9 new species are described 

 (see Index of Species), and also several previously known forms. E. T. N. 



Lydekker, R. Description of a Cranium of Stegodon ganesa, with 

 notes on the subgenus and allied forms. B'^c. Geol. Surv. Ind. 

 vol. ix. pp. 42-49. 

 From beds of the middle Siwalik series. While the molars are 

 indistinguishable from those of Stegodon insignis, the differences in the 

 skull justify specific distinction. Gives a pedigree of the Proboscidea, 

 in which, Beinotherium, Mastodon, and Tapirus being derived from a 

 common ancestor, Stegodon comes direct from Mastodon. It is supposed 

 that India was the original home of the family, and that all the sub- 

 genera originated in it before Siwalik times. A detailed description of 

 the cranium is given, and a comparison of its measurements with those 

 of a sjDecimen described in the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.' F. D. 



. Notes on the Osteology of Merycopotamus dissimilis. Bee. 



Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. ix. pp. 144-153. 

 A detailed description of the skeleton, made from various specimens 

 and former notices and figures, 



. Occurrence of Plesiosaurus in India. Bee. Geol. Surv. Ind. 



vol. ix. p. 154. 

 The first occurrence recorded. The specimen, from the Oolite of 

 Kach, is part of the distal end of the mandible. 



Makowsky, Alex. Ueber einen neuen Labyrinthodonten " Archego- 

 saurus austriaeus." [New Labyrinthodont.] Sitzh. h. Ah. Wiss. 

 Wien, math.-nat. CI. Abth. i. Bd. Ixxiii. Heft 3, pp. 155, 166. 



In the Rothliegende (Dyas) of Czernahora, Moravia, is a thin shale 

 which contained in the upper third Walehia pmiformis and ferns, in 

 the middle part fishes, Palceoniscus, &c.j and in the lower part Acan- 

 ihodes gracilis and a labyrinthodont formerly cited as Archegosaurus 

 austriacus, n. sp. The skull is broad, owing to expansion of the qua- 

 dratojugal beyond the mastoid ; nasals scarcely one-third length of 

 frontals ; jaws with only one row of teeth, seemingly not lodged in 

 alveoli. Vertebral column embryonic. Hibs at least 24 pairs. 5 length- 

 ened digits in each foot, probably connected by a web. Skin covered 

 with smaU rhombic scales. Length of largest example 27 centim. Can 

 scarcely be placed under Archegosaurus, Dendrerpeton, or Hylonomus, 

 though it much resembles the latter two. E. B. T. 



Malmgren, A. J. Om mammut-fyndens forekomst och utbredning 

 samt om vilkoren for detta djurs forntida existens. [Occurrence 

 and Distribution of Mammoth Remains and Conditions of its 

 Existence.] (Efv. FmsJca Vet. Soc. Fork. xvii. pp. 139-154. 



The Finlandian discoveries of mammoth show that the extinction of 

 this animal is nearer historical time than is usually thought. 



