CHIROPTERA, INSECTIVORA, CARNIVORA. 
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Veqnrtilio nepdlensis and V. hlanfordi, spp. nn., Dobson, P. A. S. B. 1871, 
p. 214 j the latter from the Himalayas. 
Pi2nst7'ellus qffinis, sp. n., Dobson, P. S. A. B. 1871, p. 213, Yunan. — 
Pipistrellus aiisteniantis, sp. n., Dobson, ibid.^ Cherra Punji. — Plpistrellus an- 
ncctens^ sp. ii., Dobson, ibid., Naga Hills. — Pipisti'dlus mm'gmatus (Cretz- 
schmar) from Shiraz, Dobson, J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 4G0. 
Mm'ina. A species of this genus was, at first, thought by Mr. Dobson to 
be the type of a new genus, Stenoptcrus, P. A. S. B. 1871, p. 77 ; but this 
name is cancelled, J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 186. 
Nycticejus emaryinatus^ sp. n,, Dobson, P. A. S. B. 1871, p. 211, hab. — ? 
Insectivora. 
Mr. St. G. Mivart, having received some additional material 
since the publication of his paper on the osteology of Insecti- 
vora (see Zool. Bee. iv. p. 23), has revised the osteological 
characters of the various groups and genera, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 
65-79. 
Dr. E. VON Martens has jiublished a continuation of his 
article on the names of Mammals in difl’erent languages — of 
Insectivores, in Zool. Gart. 1871, pp. 196-200, 232-237. 
Dr. PIduard Brandt^s pamphlet on the dentition of Shrews 
(see Zool. Rec. hi. pp. 3 & 24) is published in a German trans- 
lation in Bull. Mosc. 1871, no. 3, pp. 1-40 (continuation). 
'^Centetes madayascariensis is proved by osteologicol characters to be the 
type of a distinct genus, Hemiemtetes. St. Q. Mivart, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 58- 
GO, pi. 5 (skeleton) and woodcuts. — Giebel has come to the same conclusion ; 
he describes the animal, and compares its skull with that of C. ccaudatus ; he 
names the genus Eriems. Z. ges. Naturw. 1871, iii. pp. 67-60, Taf. 2 (outline 
figures of skulls). 
Cladobates nicobaricus^ sp. n., Zelebor, Novara, Saugethiere, p. 17, pis. 1-2 
(with skeleton). 
Galeopithecus volans. Grube gives as the dental formula: — i. c. p 
m. 18th Jahresbericht schles. Gesellsch. 1871, p. 65. 
Carnivora. 
Gervais, P. Memoire sur Ics formes cerebrales propres aux 
Carnivores vivants et fossiles suivi de remarques sur la 
classification de ces aniniaux. Aim. Mus. 1870, vi. pp. 103- 
162, pis. 3-9. 
The author distinguishes three principal types : — 
1. That of Canid(Bj which is superior to the two other types. 
2. That of FelidcRy with which are more or less directly as- 
sociated Cryptopy'oeta, Hyceyia, ProteleSj Viverraj Ichneumon, and 
allied genera. 
3. That of Urso-Mustelid(S. 
