GLIRES. 
Mamm. 27 
tiuk, Notes Leyd. Mus. iii. p. 63, Liberia. 'iS. caniceps^ Temm. (wee 
Gray) is renamed, in a note, p. 65, S. temminlci, caniceps being pre- 
occupied for an Asiatic species. Dr. Jentink has omitted to observe 
that this change of name has already been proposed by Anderson, in his 
“Yunnan Expedition” \_cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. Mamm. p. 22]. 
Sciurus vallovianus, sp. n. (foss.), E. D. Cope, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 
vi. p. 177, Oregon. 
'^Rheithrosciurus. Notes on the genus; F. A. Jentink, Notes Leyd. 
Mus. iii. pp. 169-172. 
Castoridjs. 
Castor fiber. On its habits in the wild state ; J. B. Gilpin, P. N.-Scot. 
Inst. V. pp. 275-282. 
Myoxida^. 
Muscardinus avellanarius. On its hybernation ; A. Bab us, Zool. Gart. 
1881, pp. 321-325. ^ 
LoPHIOMYTDiB. 
4 Lopliiomijs imhausi. Note on tho fourth known specimen, and on its 
exact locality ; H. H. Giglioli, Zool. Anz. iv. p. 45. 
MURIDiE. 
^ llydrom7j8 heccarii figured; W. Peters & G. Doria, 1. c. pi. xviii. 
Gerhillus auricularis^ Sm., is probably a member of the genus Fachy- 
uromys [cf. Zool Rec. xvii. Mainm. p. 23] ; Huet, Naturaliste, i. p. 339. 
6r. simoni, sp. u., F. Lataste, Naturaliste, i. p. 497, Algeria. This and 
G. campestris, Lev., are made the type of a new “ subgen 
ibid. p. 506. G. garamantis, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 507, Algeria 
sp. n. J. Scully, Ann. N. H. (5) viii. p. 228, Kandahar. 
Psammomys roudairii^ sp. n., F. Lataste, Naturaliste, i. p. 492, Algeria. 
Cricetus frumentarius. On its habits in captivity ; P. J. Schneider, 
Zool. Gart. xxii. pp. 42-47. 
Mus. 0. Thomas revises the Indian species of this genus, of which he 
recognizes 19, divisible into four subgenera : Nesokia, Mus s. s., Leggada 
and Vandeleuria. P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 521-557. The generic characters 
used are illustrated on pi. li. Mus hlanfordi, sp. n. (figured, id. P. Z. S. 
1881, pi. 1.) 0. Thomas, Ann. N. H. (5) vii. p. 24. Madras. M. erythro- 
notus, Blanf. \cf. Zool. Rec. xii. p. 21] \iiec Temm.] re-named M. 
ariamis; W. T. Blaiiford, Ann. N. II. (5) vii. p. }G2.'^M. uwllijnlosus 
(p. 698), ringens (p. 700), and M. heccarii and M. albcriisi (p. 702), 
spp. nn., W. Peters & G. Doria, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi.. Now Guinea. 
\Uromys validus, sp. n., W. Peters & G. Doria, 1. c. p. 703, S. E. New 
Guinea, U. bruijni figured, pi. xvii. 
-Ulesperomys {^Calomys'] coppingeri, sp. n., 0. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, 
p. 4, Patagonia. 
us ” Dipodillus, 
i. swinhoii. 
