42 Dr. J. Anderson and Mr. W. E. de Wlnton o« a 



raised above the foreliead from between the eyes. Teeth 

 extraordinarily lieavy, really enormous 1 Prcmaxilho entire; 

 mesial suture not com])lete in this young specimen, but 

 comjiletely ossified, enclosing two palatal foramina. First 

 upper premolar very small, triangular, with sharp cusp 

 inclined inwards, rather crushed between canines and second 

 premolar. Upper incisors ])arallel. Lower incisors 4. Lower 

 canines close together at their bases. 



Senaar. 



It seems unaccountable how Dobson could have referred 

 this actual sjiecimcn to the Southern European form, but 

 such is the fact. 



The following species I have not seen: — 



Dysopes ventrah's, Heuglin = Xyctinomus Cestonii, Dobs, 

 (partim). 



(This is probably N. midas, Sundev.) 



Dysopes hivittatus^ Heugl. = N. bivittatus, Dobs. Oat. B. M. 

 p. 426. 



(From Heuglin's description this form would appear to be 

 very nearly allied to N. angolensis^ as are also D. hepaticus^ 

 Heugl., and /). faJpinus, Heugl.) 



Kyctinomiis Bemmeleni, Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. i. 1879, 

 p. 121. 



Nyctinomus Anchietce and brunneus, Seabra, Jorn. Sci. Math. 

 2 ser. t. vi. no. xxii. 



(May possibly be the same as the S. African bat referred 

 above to N. cegyptiacus.) 



Nyctinomus Bocagei, Seabra, he. cit. 



VI. — On an undescribed Species of Hedgehog from Southern 

 Arabia. By Dr. JoilN ANDERSON, F.U.S., and W. E. 

 DE WlNTON. 



Erinaceus dorsalis, sp. n. 



Hair soft and silky. Spines with from twenty-five to 

 twenty-eight longitudinal ridges with well-marked nodosities. 



