SPECIAL WORK. 
Mamm, 41 
Evotomys dawsoni, n. sp., 0. H. Merriam, Am. Nat. xxii, pp. 650 & 
651, Canada. Woodcut of teeth. 
Evotomys carolinensis , n. sp., Merriam, Am. J. Sci. (3) xxxvi, p. 460, 
Roan Mountain, N. Carolina. 
/. GrEOMYIDiE. 
True, F. W. Description of Geomys personatus and Dipodomys coin- 
pnctus , two New Species of Rodents from Padre Island, Texas. P. 
U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, pp. 159 & 160. 
Geomys personatus , n. sp., F. W. True, t. c. p. 159, Padre 1., Texas. 
Dipodomys compact us, n. sp., True, t. c. p. 160, ibid. 
g . OcTODONTITLE. 
iCtenomys formosus , n. sp., F. P. Moreno, Bol. Mus. La Plata, 1888, 
p. 15, Tertiary, S. America. 
+ Myopotanius australis , n. sp., Moreno, l. c., Tertiary, S. America. 
Lonelier es guiarnv , n. sp., O. Thomas, Ann. N. H. (6) ii, p. 326, British 
Guiana. See also Timehri (2) ii, pp. 382 & 383. 
h. HystkiciDjE. 
Hystrix cristata : its distribution in Spain discussed by Adame, Aun. 
Soc. Esp. xvii, pp. 118-121. 
i. Chinchillidje. 
t Lagoslomus cingustidens, n. sp., F. P. Moreno, Bol. Mus. La Plata, 
1888, p. 15, Tertiary, S. America. 
f Lagostomus intermedius, n. sp., Moreno, l. c., Tertiary, S. America. 
j. OaYIID^3. 
t Ilydrochcerus lydelckeri , n. sp., F. P. Moreno, Bol. Mus. La Plata, 
1888, p. 16, Tertiary, S. America. 
II. RODENTIA DUPLICIDENTATA. 
lc. LeI’ORIDjE. 
Lepus timidus : K. Eckstein, Zool. Gart. xxix, pp. 345 & 346, notices 
abnormal colouration ; J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Zool. (3) xii, pp. 259 & 
260, records the birth of five young in one litter. 
G. UNGULATA. 
Gaudry, A. Sur les Dimensions Gigantesques de quelques Mammiferes 
Fossiles. C.R. evii, pp. 309-311, and La Nature, 1888, pp. 401-404, 
woodcuts. 
Discusses the height of certain Proboscideans, and concludes that Dino - 
