28 Mamm. 
MAMMALIA. 
Megalomys (subg. n.) ; E. L. Trouessart, C. R. xcii. p. 199. Type, 
“ Hesperomys " pilorides ; of. Naturaliste, i. p. 357. 
Arvicola. On the species of this genus, 9 in number, inhabiting the 
Himalayas, Tibet, and Afghanistan ; W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. 1. 
pt. 2, pp. 88-117, pis. i. & ii. figs. a-c. 
Myodes torquqtus. Note on a specimen from Novaya Zemlya ; F. A. 
Jentink, Niederl. Arch. Zool. Supplement, Band i. Lief. 1. 
Myospalax fuscicaqnllus is an Ellobius ; W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. 1. 
pt. 2, pp. 118-123, pi. ii. figs, d, d«, Db. 
Fiber zibethicus. On its habits in the wild state ; J. B. Gilpin, 
P. N.-Scot. Inst. V. pp. 275-282. 
Eumys lochingtonianus,sp. n. (foss.), E. D. Cope, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 
vi. p. 176. 
Spalacidj:. 
Georychus mechoioi, sp. n., W. Peters, SB. Nat. Fr. 1881, p. 133. 
Malange, Angola. 
DiPODIDiK. 
On the species found in Algeria ; F. Lataste, Naturaliste, i. pp. 
474-476. 
Alactaga euphratica^ sp. n., O. Thomas, Ann. N. H. (5) viii. p. 15. 
Mesopotamia. 
OCTODONTIDiE. 
^4 Ctenodactylus mzabi, sp. n., F. Lataste, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 1881, p. 214. 
Algerian Sahara. 
Hystricid.®;. 
Erethizon dorsatus occurs in Maryland [cf. Zool. Rec. xvi. Mamm. 
p. 24], O. Lugger, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. hi. pp. 161 & 162. 
Leporid^. 
Lepus cuniculus and timid us: on a curious difference in the structure 
of the ca3cum in these two forms ; W. N. Parker, P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 
624-626, pi. liii. L. variabilis^ notes on ; H. Goll, Bull. Soc. Vaud. 
xvii. pp. 391-396. 
SIKENIA. 
Manatidj]. 
Manatus australis. Notes on its habits ; W. H. Flower, P. Z. S. 1881, 
pp. 453-456, and [in captivity] Agnes Crane, 1. c. pp. 456-460. : 
Bhytina stdleri. [See A. E. Nordenskiold, supra, p. 7.] 
