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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
molar, as well as the three last molars, of iV. javanicus has a talon directed 
inwards. Arch. Neerland. iii. 1868, p. 95. 
Chirogaleus samati, sp. n., Grandidier, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1868, p. 50, or 
Ann. Sc. Nat. 1867, viii. p. 291, from the west coast of Madagascar. 
PERiE. 
ClIIROPTERA. 
n 1 The Chiroptera of Cuba, enumerated by Gundlach in Repert. Fis.-nat. 
de Cuba, ii. pp. 48-53, are : — 1 Macrotus, 1 Monophyllus, 2 PkyllonycteriSf 
2 Stenoderma, 1 Brachyphylla, 1 Mormops^ 2 Chilonyetens, 1 Noctilio, 4 Dys- 
opeSf 1 Vespertilioy 1 Vesperus^ 1 Nycticejus, and 1 Atalapha, 
The Oliiroptera collected by the Marquis Doria in Sarawak are enumerated 
by Prof. Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 626. 
^Fteropus edwardsH. Prof. E. P. Wright has published his observations on 
this bat in the Seychelles. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, ii. p. 436. 
1 Prof. Peters (/. c.) has characterized the group Glossophagcey to which he 
refers the following genera, the species with their synonymy being added : — 
1. Glossophaga (Geoff.) with G. soricina ; 2. Monophyllus (Leach) with M. 
redmanni ; 3. Ischnoglossa (Sauss.) with i. nivalis ; 4. Phyllonycteris (Gundl.) 
with Ph. poeyi\ 6. Lonchoylossa (g. n.) with L, caudifera] 6. Glossonycteris 
(g. n.) with G, lasiopyga, sp. n., Mexico ; 7. Choaronycteris (Licht.) wi^h 
Ch. mexicana (Tsch.) and Ch. minor, sp. n., p. 366, from Surinam. The 
skulls and dentitions of Ischnoglossa nivalis and Glossonycteris lasiopyga are 
figured. 
Peropteryx leucoptera (Ptrs., see Record iv. p. 22) is the type of a new sub- 
genus, Peronymus. Peters, 1. c. p. 145. 
\Coleura seychellensis, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 367. Prof. E. P. Wright, who 
discovered this species in the Seychelle.s, has published some notes on it. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1868, ii. p. 437. 
Ehinoloplius aihiops, sp. n., Peters, /. c. p. 637, East Africa. 
A Vespertilio schreibersii has been discovered by Hr. Jeitteles, the indefati- 
gable investigator of the Austrian Fauna, in Lower Austria ; it has not been 
previously observed north of the Alps. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1868, 
pp. 121-124. 
Vesj)ertilio murinus. On its food, Jiickel, Zoolog. Gart. 1868, p. 117. 
Vesperus (IIespero27terus) dorioe, sp. and subg. n., Peters, /. e. p. 626, 
Sarawak. — Vesperus {Ilesperopterus) kraussii, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 638, 
G uinea. 
^ Vesperugo molossus (Temm.) described by Peters, 1. c. p. 639. 
Insectivora. 
^ Dr. Fitzinger has continued his papers on the animals of this family. 
His “Critical researches on the species of the natur.al family of Sorices,” in 
Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1868, pp. 121-180, 425-514, 583-645, have the 
same object, and are precisely of the same character as the preceding pub- 
lications, which we have noticed in Zool. Record, iv. pp. 24 & 28. 
Sorex araneus. Prof Giebel demonstrates that the absence of a premolar 
in the upper jaw is not of rare occurrence. Zeitschr. ges. Ntrwiss. xxxi 
p. 550. 
