56 The American Naturalist. (January, 
Evotomys gapperii. 
Tail Hind 
No. Sex. Locality. Date. Length. Vertebra. Foot 
444% 3  Peterboro, N. Y. July 17,1892 151mm. 41mm. 17 
THE Q x ` July 19, 1892 165 51 18.4 
THE 9 A S Aug. 1,1892 160 46 19.6 
4344 3 Keene Valley, N. Y. Mar. 17,1892 155 45 20 
Average 158 46 19 
Evotomys gapperii rhoadsii. 
Tail Hind 
No. Sex. Locality. Date. Length. Vertebre. Foot. 
-160 ¢ Type, Coll. of W. Stone. Dec. 2,1892. 142 40 
161 9 s a “ “ 130 37 2% 
570 9 Coll. ofS. N. Rhoads. “ « 123 34 21 
571 3 7 ss “ 130 36 20 
Average “ii 87 20 
areas, the conditions of life are quite suited to more boreal species, 
especially animals of nocturnal habits. The presence of various Eri- 
caceous and other boreal types of plant life in these locations also 
supports this hypothesis.—Wrrmer Srone, Academy of N atural 
Sciences, Philadelphia. 
- Zoological News.—Verrepratra—Some new reptiles and fishes 
from Australia are described by J. Douglas Ogilby. The list com- 
prises Typhlops curtus from the Gulf of Carpentaria, Hoplocepalus 
suboccipitalis from Morel, and Clupea sprattelloides from rivers flowing 
into Port Jackson and Botany Bay. The latter species has until now 
been supposed to be the young of C. nove-hollandia.—Records Austr. 
Mus., Vol. ii, No. 2——F. W. True reports that the collection of 
African mammals presented to the National Museum by Dr. Abbott 
contun several species apparently new: Dendrohyrax validus, Mus 
aquilus, Dendromys nigrifrons, Seiurus undulatus, Cephalophus spadia 
The known range of several species is considerably extended by Dr. 
Abbott’s labors. The mammalian fauna of the Kilima-Njaro region — 
as indicated by this collection includes seventy-one to seventy-three — 
species.— Proceeds. U. S. Natl. Mus., Vol. xv, pp. 445-480. 
