22 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
Burtinopsis (g. n.) similis (p. 16) and minutus (p. 17), P. J. van Beneden 
1. c., Antwerp, sp. nn. (foss.) 
Flesiocetus hrialmonti^ sp. n. (foss.), id. 1. c. p. 18, Antwerp. 
Amphicetiis (g. n.) later, verus, editus (p. 20), and rotundas (p. 21), 
spp. nn. (foss.), id. 1. c., Antwerp. 
Ileterocetus affirms, sp. n. (foss.), id. 1. c. p. 21, Antwerp. 
Mesocetus (g. n.) longirostris (p. 22), laxatus, latifrons, and pinguis, 
(p. 23), spp. nn. (foss.), id. 1. c., Antwerp. 
Idiocetus longifrons, g'. & sp. n. (foss.), id. 1. c. p. 24, Antwerp. 
Isocetus depauwi, g. & sp. n. (foss.), id. ibid., Antwerp. 
GLIRES. 
'^On the phytogeny of the Glires] P. Albrecht, Schr. Ges. Konigsb. 1880, 
SB. pp. 31-33. 
ANOMALURIDiE. 
Anomaliirus orientalis, sp. n., W. Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1880, p. 164, 
pi., Zanzibar. 
SciURID.®. 
. Sciurus. A list of the various minor groups and species of this genus ; 
E. L. Trouessart, Le Nat. ii. pp. 290-293. Bo-, Hetero-, Nanno-, 
Neo-, Para-, Echino-, Tamia-, ILelio-, and Funi- sciurus are names pro- 
posed for new subgenera. Some misprints are corrected, 1. c. p. 315. 
Huet reviews the African species of this group, of which he recognizes 
two sections, Xerus and Sciurus] N. Arch. Mus. (2) iii. pp. 131-158. 
Several are described as new, or figured. 
Sciurus poensis, figured, Huet, 1. c. pi. vii. fig. 1. S. ochraceus, sp. n., 
id. 1. c. p. 154, pi. vii. fig. 2, Bagamoyo, E. Africa. S. vulgaris : on its 
coloration ; K. J. Liebe, Zool. Gart. 1880, pp. 97-103. On its history 
in England ; J. A. Harvie-Brown, P. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1880, pp. 343-348. 
^S. variegatus (pi. xi.), S. hypopijrrhus (pi. xii.), and S. cestuans (pi. xiii., 
/ lettered S. griseogenys, cf. infrd) figured ; E. R. Alston, Biol. Centr. Am. 
Mamm., tab. cit. '4S. cestuans : notes on ; 0. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 400. 
S. griseogenys, which must stand as S. cestuans, var. hoffmanni, is not 
distinct from it. S. (Xerus) flavus figured ; Huet, 1. c. pi. vi. fig. 2. 
\ S. {Xerus) fuscus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 139, pi. vi. fig. 1, Abyssinia. S. vorU 
\ mani, sp. n. (foss.), E. D. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xviii. p. 370, Miocene 
^.Qf Oregon. 
Spermophilus altaicus. On remains from Thiede ; Nehring, Z. ges. 
Naturw. (3) vi. p. 524. 
Arctomys: note on the Himalayan species; W. T. Blanford, P. Z. S. 
1880, p. 453 [cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. Mamm. p. 22]. A. caudatus: note on; 
R. Lydekker, J. A. S. B, xlix. pt. 2, p. 8. A. bohac: on fossil remains 
from Prague ; G. Laube, Verb. geol. Reichsanst. 1879, pp. 183-185. 
