38 Martini'. 
MAMMALIA, 
Mus rattus occurs commonly in Miinsterland, in places where formerly 
only the Brown Rat was found, and in Greiz appears actually to be in- 
creasing in numbers at the expense of that species ; P. Magnus, SB. nat. 
Fr. 1883, p. 47. 
Mus alexandrinus. On the occurrence of this species at Norwich ; T. 
Southwell, Tr. Norw. Soc. iii. p. 419. 
Mus faberi , sp. n., F. A. Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 176, North 
Celebes. 
~^Mus griseo-cceruleus, leucopus , variabilis, and simsoni , spp. nn., E. T. 
Higgins & W. F. Petterd, P. R. Soc. Tasm. 1882 (pub. 1883), p. 173 et seq. 
pi. iv. 
^ Mus spretus , sp. n., F. Latasto, Act. Soc. L. Bord. (4) vii. p. 27, Algeria. 
Mus agrarius. On its distribution near Osnabriick ; F. Sickmann, 
JB. Yer. Osnabr. v. p. 96. 
Mus mu8culus. On singing mice ; H. Landois, JB. Westf. Ver. xi. 
pp. 16 & 21 : C. Struck, Arch. Yer. Mecklenb. xxxv. p. 117. 
Mus (F Acanthomys) gaudrii , sp. n. (foss.), W. Dames, Z, geol. Ges. 
xxxv. p. 98, pi. v. fig. 2, Pikermi, 
Aflapalotis papuanus , sp. n., E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. viii. 
p. 18, New Guinea. 
Echiothrix leucura . This species is probably restricted to Celebes, 
although the original type was said to be from Queensland ; F. A. 
Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 177. 
Hesperomys rattus, sp. n. (Natterer), Pelzeln, Yerh. z.-b. Wien, xxxiii. 
Anhang, p. 73, Marabitanas, Brazil. 
^ Eheithrodon fossilis ) sp. n. (foss.), Gervais & Ameghino, op. cit. (gen. 
subj.) p. 71, S. America. 
Arvicolince . An excellent account of the American genera and species 
of this sub-family ; E. Coues, Encycl. Am. i. p. 335, Art. ‘ Arvicolince * 
^Arvicola, Lac. (1801), should give way to Microtus , Schrank (1798); 
Evotomys , Coues (1877), to Myodes , Pall. (1811) ; Myodes , Pall, (auct.), 
to Lemmus , Tiedem. F. Lataste, Le Nat. ii. 1883, p. 323, &c. 
Arvicola terrestris. Notes on Swiss specimens of this Yole ; J. J. 
Pfeiffer, Zool. Gart. xxiv. p. 75. Note on Alsatian specimens ; F. Reiber, 
Bull. Soc. Colmar, 1881-2 (pub. 1883), p. 252. 
Arvicola musiniani. Note on the spelling of its specific name ; F. 
Lataste, l. c. p. 246. 
4 A rvicola rozianus , Bocage, = A. agrestis, Linn ; id. 1. c. p. 373. 
Xi Arvicola Jcamtschaticus , Poliakoff, op. cit. p. 272, Kamtschatka (its 
characters insufficient ; Lataste, Z. c.), A. ivosnessenskii , p. 280, Kamts- 
chatka, A. eversmanni , p. 285, Altai, A . midclendorffi , p. 289, N. Siberia, 
A. nordenskiceldi , p. 290, Taimoursk Peninsula (all these species more 
or less doubtful ; Lataste, Z. c.), A. raddii , p. 299, E. Siberia : spp. nn. 
Cuniculus torquatus. On its occurrence, -fossil, in Upper Swabia; 
Probst, JH. Yer. Wurtt. xxviii. p. 51. 
^ Borioilcon , g. n., Poliakoff, op. cit. Formed for Myodes torquatus , Pall, 
[to which Wagler’s Cuniculus (1830) has been already shown by Coues to 
apply. — R eg.]. 
> iEremiomys , g. n., Poliakoff, Z. c. Formed to contaiu Myodes luteus and 
