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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Chiromys madagascariensia. Prof. Peters has examined a young example 
with milk-teeth j he found a small deciduous incisor behind and at some 
distance from the large one. Then follow the maxillary teeth, viz. a canine 
tooth and two molars, the anterior of which is small and deciduous ; also the 
second is not permanent, in size and form similar to the false molar of the 
adult animal. There was no tooth in the lower jaw which would correspond 
to the deciduous incisor and canine tooth of the upper jawj there were two 
molars on the left-hand side, hut one o#ily on the right. The fundus of the 
gall-bladder is directed forwards, and not backwards as in Lemur and Micro- 
cebus. The author is inclined to consider the Aye-Aye as an aberrant form 
of the Lemuridce. Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. Berl. 1864, p, 243. 
FERiE. 
Chiroptera. 
^ Prof. Hyrtl describes parts of the arterial system of several 
species of this family. Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 1864, 
xxii. p. 132. 
Vespertilio hechsteinii. The occurrence of this species in Sweden is recorded 
by Wahlgren, in Ofvers. Vetensk. Akad. Forhandl. 1864, xxi. p. 77. 
1 Mr. Allen, Bats of North America, describes the followdng new species: — 
Vespertilio evolis, p. 48, from Western North America ; V. affi.nis, p. 53, from 
Arkansas j and V. ywnaneusia, p. 68, from California. 
^ Prof. Peters has identified Lohoatoma cinnamomeum (Qundlach, in Wiegm. 
Arch. 1840) with Mot'mopa hlainvillii (Leach), whilst Mormopa blainvillii of 
Peters (Abhandl. Acad. Wiss. Berl. 1856, p. 287) proves to be a distinct 
species, for which he proposes the name of Mormopa megalophylla. The 
former is from the West Indies, the latter from the continent of tropical 
America, especially fr’om Mexico. Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. Berl. 1864, 
p. 381. 
"^Maci'otua minor (Gundlach), sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. Berl. 
1864, p. 382, from Cuba. 
\ Veaperua aegethii, sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. Berl. 1864, p. 383, 
from Chile. 
'iiJDyaopea {Mohaana) gigaa, sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. Berl. 1864, 
p. 383, from Cuba. 
Dyaopea hepaticus, sp. n., Heuglin, Nov. Act. Acad. Carol. Leop. Nat. Cur. 
xxiii. 1864, p. 14, from Central Africa. 
4 Nycticejua nidicola, sp. n., Kirk Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 661, from Shu- 
panga, near the Zambesi. 
Epomophorua whitii (Benn.). Dr. Gray makes a few notes on this species, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 66. 
Epomophorua anurua, sp. n., Heuglin, Nov. Act. Acad. Carol. Leop. Nat. 
Cur. xxiii. 1864, p. 12, from Central Africa. 
^ Ilypaignathua monatroaua {A.\[Qn)—Sphyrocephak(8 lahrosva (Murray). Dr. 
Gray describes and figures the head of a young specimen of this species 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 65. 
