102 DR. C. I. FORSYTH MAJOR OX PLIOCENE VOLES. [Feb. 18, 



February 18, 1902, 



Prof. G. B. Howes, LL.D., F.K.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. L. W. Byrne, F.Z.S., called the attention of the Meeting 

 to the description of Lepidogaster stictopteryoc, a supposed new 

 species of Sucker-fish, which had been given by Mr. E. W. L. Holt 

 and liimself in a communication made to the tSociety on 

 November 15th, 1898, and made the following remai-ks: — 



On November 15th, 1898, we exhibited before this Society 

 (P. Z. S. 1898, p. 589) specimens of a Lepidogasier . We supposed 

 them to be attributable to a new species, for which we suggested 

 the name of L, stictopteryx. ~ - 



The examination of further specimens has convinced us that 

 we have been gviilty of adding further confusion to the synonymy 

 of the species of this genus, and that our L. stictopteryx is not 

 specifically distinct from L. microcej^hahis Brook, the synonymy 

 of which should stand as follows :— 



Lepidogaster microcephalus. 



L. microcephalus Brook, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin, x. p. 166, 

 pi. vii. (1888). 



?Z. himacidatus (S , Guitel, Comptes Rendus, cxl. p. 759(1890). 



L. stictopteryx Holt & Byi^ne, P. Z.S. 1898, p. 589. 



Fortunately ovir friend Professor Guitel, of Rennes, is con- 

 tinuing his studies upon this genus, and informs us that he has 

 obtained at Roscoff material which he believes will enable him to 

 deal with the question in a satisfactory manner. Under these 

 circumstances we feel it wovild be superfluous for us to do more 

 than correct our own mistake, and we have entrusted our notes, 

 drawings, and material to his most able hands. 



Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks upon 

 the skull of a supposed hybrid between the Sheep and the Pig, 

 named " Cuino " ^ by the inhabitants of Mexico, where it was 

 extensively reared as an agricultural animal. The skull was clearly 

 that of a Pig. 



Dr. 0, I. Forsyth Major, F.Z.S., exhibited some jaws and 

 teeth of Pliocene Yoles (Mimomys, gen. nov.), from the Norwich 

 Crag at Thorpe, and from the Upper Val d'Arno ; and made the 

 following remarks : — 



The Pliocene remains of Voles here exhibited — a mandibular 

 ramus from the lacustrine beds of the Upper Val d'Arno in 

 Italy, and over forty bits from the Norwich Crag at Thorpe, 



1 For information respecting this supposed hybrid see 'Field,' toI. xcvi. (1900) 

 p. 497, and xcvii. (1901) p. 233. 



