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sence of a peculiar family of Cliiroptera (^Phyllostomatulce)f some forms of 
which are frugivorous, and others feed solely on the blood of living animals. 
3. The absence of Insectivora; except the singular genus Solenodon of the 
Antilles. 
4. The absence of Vivenidce, and the presence of several peculiar genera 
of Carnivores {Icticyorif Galictis, Nasua, and Cercoleptes). 
6. The absence of true Mus, which is replaced by Hesperomys and allied 
forms, and the presence of numerous forms of Ily stridden, constituting nearly 
the whole of this extensive and varied family. 
6. The absence of Proboscideans and Perissodactyles, except Tapirus. 
7. The great poverty of Ituminants, the family Bovidee being entirely un- 
represented, and only Cervus and Auchenia occurring out of the whole sub- 
order. 
8. The presence of three families, containing by far the majority of genera 
and species of Edentates. 
9. The possession of a peculiar family of Marsupials (Didelphys), which 
has intruded itself into the Nearctic Region, but is unknown elsewhere. 
Steenstrup, J. Yderligere Bemarkninger om Malketandsattet 
hos Remmesaleri. Vid. Meddel. naturh. Foren. Kjobnh. 
for 1864. 1865qpp. 269-274. 
[Last remarks on tlie milk-teetli of Phoca barbataj] 
Stoliczka, F. Note on Lagomys cw'zonice (Ilodgs.). Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. 1865, pp. 108-111. 
C. Anatomical Publications. 
Bisciioff, Tii. Ueber das Vorkommen eines eigentliumliclien, 
Blut und Hiimatoidin entlialtenden Beutels an der Placenta 
der Fisebotter [Lutra vulgaris). Sitzgsber. Bayr. Akad. 
Wiss. MUneb. 1865, i. March (pp. 213-224, with two 
plates) . 
[On a peculiar sac-like appendage of tbe placenta of Lutra 
vulgaris j containing blood and baematoidin.] 
. Ueber die Ei- und Placenta-Bildung des Stein- und Edel- 
mardeVs, Mustela foina und martes, und des Wiesels, Mus- 
tela vulgaris. Ibid. (pp. 339-350). 
[On tbe structure of tbe ovum and placenta oi Mustela foina j 
marteSf and vulgaris 
Burt — , and Turner, W. Exhibition of three skulls of tbe 
Gorilla, received from M. du Cbaillu, with observations 
relative to their anatomical features. Proc. Roy. Soc. 
Edinb. v. 1865, Jan. (pp. 341-350). 
Crisp, E. On tbe Os Penis of tbe Chimpanzee and of tbe 
Orang. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, Jan. 10 (pp. 48-49, with 
two woodcuts) . 
