12 Mamm, 
MAMMALIA. 
INSECTIYOEA. 
Erinaceid^. 
Erinaceus niger, sp. n., W. T. Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlvii. pt. 2, p. 212, 
pi. ix., Arabia. 
Macroscelididj]. 
Macroscelides rufe^cens, sp. n., W. Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1878, p. 198, 
i. fig. 3, East Africa, 
TALPID.E. 
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Talpa europcea. On its breeding habits, and on varieties in colour ; 
F. Norgate, Tr. Norw. Soc. ii. pp. 461-464. 
Amphidozotherium, g. n. (foss.), H. Filhol, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 
1877, p. 61. Allied to UrotrichuSy but differing in dentition. Type, A. 
cayluxi, sp. n., id. 1. c.. Eocene of Quercy. 
Neurogymnurus and Frotalpa, gg. nn. (foss.), id. tom. cit. p. 52. Allied 
to Gymnurus and Talpa. Types, N. cayluxi and P. cadurcensis, spp. nn., 
id. 1. c.. Eocene of Quercy. , 
SoRICIDiE. 
Crocidura manni^ sp. n., W. Peters, SB. nat. Fr. 1878, p. 19, West Africa. 
^^BUNOTHERIA.'^ 
E. D. Cope gives detailed descriptions and figures of the remains on 
which this proposed order \cf. Zool. Rec. xiii. Mamm. p. 12] is founded ; 
Wheeler’s Rep. Surv. W. of 100th Mer. iv. (1877) pt. 2, pp. 72-170, pis. 
xxxiii.-xlv. It is regarded as being now represented by the Insectivora ; 
the Creodonta were probably the ancestors of the Carnivores, and Meso- 
donta of the Lemurs; while the Tillodonta present affinities with the 
Rodents, and the Tceniodonta with the Edentates. Stypolophus Mans 
(p. 118), Tomitherium tutum (p. 141), and Opisthotomus astutus and 0. 
flagrans (p. 152), spp. nn.. Eocene of New Mexico. 
CARNIVORA.. 
A. H. Carrod remarks on the affinities of the families of Fissiped 
Carnivora as indicated by the convolutions of their brains ; P. Z. S. 1878, 
pp. 376 & 377. 
FELIDiE. 
D. G. Elliot, in his “Monograph of the Felidcs'* [cf. supra, p. 4], 
considerably reduces the number of described species, with full notes on 
synonymy, range, &c. He figures F. onca, F. chrysothrix, F. pajeros, F. 
geoffroyi, F. uncia, F. pardus, F. bengalensis, F. pardalis, F. viverrina, 
F. ornata, and Cyncclurus juhatus, with their varieties. Mon. Felidie, 
pts. i.-iii. 
