CniROPTERA, INSECTIVORA. 
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Emballonurid^. 
AmorphocJiilus, g. n., W. Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1877, p. 185, pi. iv. ; 
allied to Fiirta, but "with the muzzle developed into a truncated snout 
with a raised upper margin. Type, A. scfinahli, sp. n., id. 1. c., Peru. 
INSEOTIYORA. 
H. WiNGE reviews the cranial characters of the Moles and Shrews, and 
arranges the families of Insectivora as follows : — Galcopitliccidm, Clado- 
hatidce, 3Tacrocelididw, Erinaceidoi, Centetidce (with Potomogalc)^ Soricidcn, 
TalpidcB, ChrysocJiloridce. Vid. Medd. 1877, pp. 115-144. 
Erinaceid;e. 
Erinaceus Jcrugi, sp. n., W. Peters, SB. nat. Fr. 1877, p. 78, West 
Africa P (captured alive in Porto Rico). 
TALPiDiE. 
E. CouES enumerates the American genera and species ; Bull. U. S. 
Surv. Terr. iii. pp. 632-634. 
SORICID.®. 
J. Anderson reviews new or little known Asiatic Shrews in the Indian 
Museum ; J. A. S. B. xlvi. pt. 2, pp. 261-283. He characterizes Chi- 
marrogale (p. 262), g. n., allied to Nectogale, but with the hind-feet not 
webbed, type. Crossopus himalaicus^QvSij ; and describes Crocidura fulvo- 
cinerea (p. 263, Assam), C- blythi (p. 264, Assam), C. sindensis (p. 266, Sindh), 
C. pealana (p. 267, Assam), C. blmifordi (p. 269, Bombay), C. stoUczhana 
(p. 270, Bombay), C. macrotis (p. 271, Tenasserim), C. nitido-fulva (p. 
272, Bengal), C. nilgirica (p. 274, Nilgiris), C. travancorensis (p. 275, 
Travancore), C. hidiana (p. 276, Madras), C. ruhicunda (p. 277, Pario- 
nath), C. subfulva (p. 278, Khach), C. pygmceoides (p. 279, Himalayas), 
C. rubricosa (p. 280, Assam), C. hingiana (p. 281, Sikkim), and Soriculua 
gradlicauda (p. 282, Sikkim), spp. nn. 
E. Codes has precursory notes on the American species, and describes 
3ficrosorex (p. 646), Baird MS., subg. n., type, Sorex hoyi, Bd. ; Notiosorex 
(p. 646), Bd. MS., subg. n., types, S. crawfordi (p. 651), sp. n., Bd. MS., 
Oregon, and S. evotis (p. 652), sp. n., Coues ; S. pacificus (p. 650), sp. n., 
Bd. MS., Oregon ; and Soriciscus (p. 649), subg. n., Coues, type, Blarina 
mexicana (p. 652), sp. n., Bd. MS., Mexico. Bull. U. S. Surv. Terr. iii. 
pp. 634-653. 
Sorex verce-pacis^ sp. n., E. R. Alston, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 445 [= Corsira 
temlyas, Gray, sine descr^, Guatemala. 
Crocidura schweitzeri^ sp. n., W. Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1877, p. 187, 
Liberia. 
Pachyura ctrusca found in Piedmont ; M. Lessona, Atti Acc. Tor. xii. 
pp. 495-500. 
