28 Mamm, 
II. MAMMALIA. 
Talpid^j and Erinaceid^e. 
Scalops parvus, n. sp., Rhoads, P. Ac. Philad. 1895, p. 157, Florida. 
Talpa europcva , its popular names ; Strong (21G). 
Erinaceus sclateri , n. sp., Anderson, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1895, p. 415, 
fig. of skull, Somaliland. The author adds a synopsis of all the 
African species. E. europceus , its resistance to snakes ; Phisalix & 
Bertrand (172). 
Gymnura alba , Giebel, regarded by Jentink, Notes Leyden Mus. xvii, 
p. 19, as distinct from G. rajfleri , and confined to Borneo, where it 
is the sole representative of the genus. 
1Y. CARNIVORA. 
Distribution, Grev6 (73) ; new classification, Winge, A bh. Mus. Lund, ii, 
art. 4 ; popular monograph of Felidcu and Viv err ides, Lydekker (112) ; 
structure of lytta of tongue, Nusbaum (154) ; placenta, Duval (54). 
FelidjE and Viverrida\ 
f TJncia mercerii , n. sp., Cope, P. Ac. Philad. 1895, p. 448, Pleistocene, 
N. America. Felts tigris , in Manchuria, Kohler (97). 
•\Dinictis fortis , p. 574, bombifrons , p. 577, n. spp.. Cope, Amer. Natural, 
xxix, White River Beds, N. America. 
Crossarchus somalicus , n. sp., Thomas, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xv, p, 531, 
Somaliland. 
Genetta vulgaris ; its reproduction ; Mingaud, Bull. Soc. Nimes, 1894, 
p. 137. 
Herpestes parvus , n. sp., Jentink, Notes Leyden Mus. xvii, p. 48, Cala- 
mianes Group, Philippines, = II. bracliyurus , Everett, nec Gray. 
Cryptoprocta ferox, its anatomy and external form ; Beddard, P. Zool. 
Soc. London, 1895, p. 430, pi. xxvi. 
HyjENIdje and Canids. 
Ilyaina striata, recorded by Harle (81), from French Pleistocene. II. 
crocuta, its voracity in the Sudan ; Suard (217). f Crocuta in - 
expectata , n. sp., Cope, P. Ac. Philad. 1895, p. 449, Pleistocene, 
N. America. It is suggested that the tooth on which the species 
is founded may prove to belong to the feline Nimravus. 
Domestic dogs ; IIammeran (80). Canis holubi , n. sp., Lorenz, Vorh. 
Ges. Wien, 1895, p. 100, S. Africa ; allied to C. adustus. Urocyon 
cinereo-argentatus florid anus, n. subsp., Rhoads, P. Ac. Philad. 1895, 
p, 42, Florida. 
