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by Dr. Cretzschmar ; and those on the Invertebrata by M. Heyden. 

 The latter appears subsequently to have undertaken the descriptions of 

 the Reptilia, the articles relating to such of them as have yet been given 

 having affixed to them a signature corresponding with his initials. 



Eight numbers of this Atlas have already appeared, each of which 

 contains six coloured lithographic plates with corresponding letter-press. 

 The execution of the whole is highly creditable to the scientific gentlemen 

 by whom it is superintended, and to the artists whom they have em- 

 ployed. As, however, it will probably pass into the hands of but few 

 individuals in this country, we shall endeavour to make known to our 

 readers its contents, so far as it has hitherto proceeded, as completely as 

 can be effected by the specific characters of the new and interesting 

 animals described in it, aided only by a few occasional observations. 



Commencing with the Mammalia, we have first to notice two specks 

 of Vespertilionidce, the Rhinolophus clivosus, " Rliin. apparatu olfac- 

 " torio externo clivis gradatim elatis non dissimili : fossae nasali ferro 

 " equine membranaceo circumdatee interpositus scyphus parvulus; 

 " sequitur membrana transversalis concavata, antrorsum eminens, cul- 

 " mine obtuso, tunc membrana recta conjungens posteriorem trans- 

 " versarie positam, hastatam: corporis colore ex fusco cinerascente :" 

 and the Vespertilio Temminckii, " Vesp. corpore supra ex cinereo 

 " fuscato, infra albo." Seven specimens of the latter were collected 

 in the neighbourhood of Dongola. It is entirely distinct from the 

 Vesp. Temminckii of Dr. Horsfield, which belongs to Rafinesque's 

 genus Kycticeius, and will, it is stated, be described in M. Temminck's 

 Monographs under the name of Xyct. Temminckii. 



Of the genus Felis two species are figured and described; the Fel. 

 maniculata, and the Fel. Chaus, Giild. For the discovery of the for- 

 mer of these we are indebted to M. Riippell, who regards it as the 

 original stock from which the domestic Cat of the Egyptians was derived, 

 and whence probably also sprung the house Cat of Europe. In this 

 opinion he has been followed by M. Temminck, whose character of the 

 species we have given at page 531 of our second volume. That of 

 Dr. Cretzschmar is as follows: " Fehs colore griseo-ochraceo ; genis 

 " colloque antico albis, hoc lineis ochraceis duabus cincto ; planta pedum, 

 *• metacarpi et metatarsi parte posteriore nigris ; cauda gracili, sequali. 



