138 The American Naturalist. [September, 
M. Harlé calls attention to the discovery of fossil Hyaenas of the 
striped type, in the grotto of Montsaunés (Haute-Garonne). With the 
exception of a specimen found in the grotto of Lunel-Viel by Marcel, 
at the beginning of this century, there is no record of this Hyaena 
having ever been found in a cavein France. (Comptes-Rendus, Paris, 
1894.) 
Professor Dames, of Berlin; describes some remains of a Zeuglodon 
from Fayoum in Egypt in the Paleontological Abhandlungen for 1894. 
They consist of a left mandibular ramus and vertebrae of a species of 
medium size, which he regards as belonging to a species previously un- 
known. He calls it Z. osiris. He makes some suggestions as to the 
systematic of the Cetacea, proposing to divide the order primarily on 
the characters of the teeth. This view will not, however, probably 
replace the customary one, which regards as of more importance the 
skeletal characters of the Archsroceti, and relegates the dentition to a 
place of secondary value. 
Dr. G. Capellini had added much to our knowledge of the extinct 
Cetacea of Italy in a number of illustrated papers. He describes sev- 
eral species of Ziphius and Mesoplodon, some of which are new; a 
Delphinoid with along muzzle; a Tursiops; and the Balena etrusca 
Cap. He also describes the remains of a new Halitherium (Metaxy- 
therium), and a crocodile with a slender muzzle, which he refers to the - 
genus Tomistoma, under the name of T. calaritanum Cap. The latter 
is represented by a fine skull, and some vertebre and dermal scuta, 
and other important pieces. 
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