TENREC. HEMICENTETES. SETIFER. 487 



Centetes Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 1811, p. 124. 

 Setiger G. Cuv., Leg. Anat. Comp., i, 1800, tabl. i. (nomen 

 nudum.) 



844. Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber). 



Erinaceus ecaudatus Schreb., Saugth., iii, 1778, p. 584, pi. clxv. 



Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1788, p. 117. 

 Centetes ecaudatus Dobson, Mon. Insect., Pt. i, 1882, p. 68, pi. vii. 

 Tailless Tenrec. 



1-7. Adult & juv. — Group. P. Madagascar. Ward's Nat. Scien. 

 Establ., Rochester, N. Y. 



Genus 251. Hemiceiitetes. 



Hemicentetes Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc, 187 1, p. 58, pi. v. Type 



Erinaceus madagascariensis Shaw = Erinaceus semispinosus 

 Cuvier. 



845. Hemicentetes semispinosus (Cuvier). 



Erinaceus semispinosus Cuv., Tabl. Element. Hist. Nat., 1798, 



p. 108. 

 Setiger variegatus E. Geoff., Cat. Mamm., 1803. 

 Hemicentetes madagascariensis Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc, 187 1, p. 



58, fig. _ 

 Ericulus nigricans BartL, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1875, p. 64. 

 Hemicentetes variegatus Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus., 1879, p. 148. 

 Small-spined Tenrec. 



I Adult 9 P. Madagascar. C. I. Forsyth-Major, 



846. Hemicentetes nigriceps Giinther. 



Hemicentetes nigriceps Giinth., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th Ser., xvi, 



1875, p. 125. 

 Hemicentetes variegatus var. buffoni Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus., 



1879, p. 150. 

 Black-headed Tenrec. 



I. Adult d^ P. Madagascar. C. I. Forsyth-Major. 



Genus 252. Setifer. 



Setifer Froriep, in Dumeril, Analyt. Zool. aus Franz, mit Zusatzen, 

 1806, p. 15. Type Erinaceus setosus Schreber. 

 Ericulus I. Geoff., Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 2me S^r., viii, 1837, p. 60. 



