40 Mamin , 
MAMMALIA. 
[Thomas, O.] Description of a New Genus and Species of Rat from 
New Guinea. T. c. pp. 237-240, 2 woodcuts. 
Describes a new I$a^ under the name Chiruromy s, characterized by its 
prehensile tail and the complexity of its dentition. Figures are given of 
the skull, dentition, a,nd payt of the tail (vide infra). 
Tuckerman, F. The Tongue and Gustatory Organs of Fiber zibethicus. 
J. Anat. Phys. xxii, pp. 135-141, pi. vii. 
An account of the taste-bulbs and papillae in this Rodent. 
Mus imperator , n. sp., O. Thomas, Ann. N. H. (6) i, p % 157, Solomon Is. 
Figured, P. Z. S. 1888, pi. xxii, figs. 2 & 3, 
Mus rex , n. sp., Thomas, l. c. ibid, figured, f. Z. S. 1888, pi. xxii, 
figs. 4 & 5. 
Mus praetor, n. sp., Thomas, t. c. p. 158, ibid. Figured, P. Z. S. 1888, 
pi. xxii, fig. G. 
Mus alticola , n. sp., Thomas, t. c. p. 408, Mt. Kina Balu, N. Borneo, 
Mus infraluteus, n. sp., Thomas, t. c. p. 409, ibid. 
Mus nativitatis, n. sp., Thomas, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 533, Christmas Is. 
Chiruromy s forbesi, n. g. & sp., O. Thomas, t. c. pp. 237-240, figs. 1 & 2, 
New Guinea. 
Golunda campance , n. sp., J. IIuet, Le Nat. 1888, pp. 143 & 144, wood-, 
cuts, W. Africa. 
Gerbillus przewulskii, n. sp., E. Buchner, Wissenschaft. Result. 
Przewalski. Reisen (supra, p. 4). Zool. Theil.-Saugeth. pt. i, pi. iv, figs. 
10-14 (skull), Central Asia. 
Gerbillus roborowskii , n. sp., Buchner, t. c. pi. v, figs. 1-10 (skull), ibid. 
Gerbillus ( Pachyuromys ) duprusi , figured by F. Lataste, Act. Soc. L. 
Bord. (4) x, pi. ix, G . hirtipes , by the same, pi. x, and also G. ( Dipo - 
dillus) sitnoni , pi. x. 
Deomys ferruginous, n. g. & sp., O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 130, pi. v, 
Lower Congo (vide supra). 
Cricetus (Hesperomys) anthonyi , n. sp., C. H. Merkiam, P. Biol. Soc. 
Washington, iv, pp. 5-8, New Mexico. 
Myodes torquatus : A. Nehrinq, SB. nat. Fr, 1888, p. 83, proposes to 
adopt the generic name Misothermus for this species. 
Arvicola ceconomus recorded by A. Nehring, i. c. pp. 80-85, from the 
Ploistocene of Germany. Its right to distinction from A. ratticeps 
discussed and confirmed. Other Pleistocene Rodents also noticed. 
Arvicola ( Myonomes ) longicauda , n. sp., C. H. Merkiam, Am. Nat. 
xxii, pp. 934 & 935, woodcut, Dakota. 
Arvicola austerus , n. var. minor , C. H. Merriam, t. c. pp. 598-G01, 
Minnesota and Dakota. Woodcut of skull and dentition. 
Arvicola pallidus , n. sp., Merriam, t. a. pp. 702-7U5, Dakota. Wood- 
cut of skull and dentition. 
Arvicola glareolus : recorded by J. Sutton, Zool. (3) xii, p. 23, from 
Durham ; by R. P. Harper, l. c. t from Yorks ; by W. Finch, l. c., from 
Notts ; by F. Head, t. c. p. 24, from Sussex ; and by M. Browne, t. c. 
p. 65, from Leicester. 
