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Show Calomyscus bailw ardi, g. et sp. nn. Teeth as in Peromyscus. Tail long, heavily pencilled. Ears very large. Colour rich sandy buff above, white below. Dimensions Head and body 78 mm. ; tail 87 ; hind foot 20-5; ear 21-5. Skull: greatest length 26; length of upper tooth-row 3-3. Hab. Mala-i-Mir, N.E. of Ahwaz, Persia. Type. Male. B.M. No. 5.10.4.68. PlPISTRELLUS ALADDIN, Sp. n. A very small species allied to P. nanus and P. mimus. Small anterior premolar in the tooth-row. Colour pale. Forearm 31 mm. Greatest length of skull 11'3. Hab. Derbend, W. of Isfahan. Type. B.M. No. 5.10.4.13. E llobius woosnami, sp. n. Colour as in E. lutescens. Teeth of much simpler pattern, the last molar, above and below, nearly as simple as in E. talpinus. Head and body 112 mm.; tail 16; hind foot 23. Greatest length of skull 32. Hab. Dumbeneh, N. of Isfahan. Type. Female. B.M. No. 5.10.4.65. A communication from Dr. A lfred Duges contained the description of a new Mexican Snake. Mr. L eonard D oncaster, F.Z.S., contributed a paper on the colour-variation of the Beetle Gonioctena variabilis. The material on which the paper was based was collected almost entirely at Granada, and the Author found that, although the insect was extraordinarily variable, when a large collection was examined the beetles could be classified into two chief groups with but few intermediate forms. Mr. F. E. B eddard, F.R.S., contributed two papers describing two new species of worms, one a Pontodrilus from the shores of the Red Sea, and the other an Enchytraeid of the genus Henlea from India, which was destructive to the eggs of the Locust. A paper was read from Dr. J. G. de M an, in which he described two species of Decapod Crustacea, a Crab and a PrawTn, collected bv Dr. R. Hanitsch, of Singapore, fi'om a small artificial freshwater pool on Christmas Island. The interest of their occurrence lies in the fact that previous to the construction of the reservoir, a few years ago, there seems to have been no possible habitat for these animals on the island, and they must have been introduced since that time, perhaps by migration from the sea. The Crab was referred to Ptychognathus pusittus, a species described by Heller from the Nicobar Islands forty years ago and not since |
