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Show 1880.] ON A N E W SPECIES OF REITHRODON. 691 154. AziNIS HILARELLA. Azinis hilar ella, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxviii. p. 542 (1863). Three fine specimens. The genus is easily distinguished from Hyponomeuta by the broadly expanded abdominal border of tbe secondaries; H. circumdatellus and H. assamensis must be referred to Azinis. TlNEIDcE. 155. TINEA TAPETZELLA. Tinea tapetzella, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. x. p. 536 (1766). One specimen. 4. Description of a new Species of Reithrodon, with Remarks on the other Species of the Genus. By OLDFIELD THOMAS, F.Z.S., British Museum. [Eeceived December 6, 1880.] The subject of the present description was obtained by the late Mr. D. Dyson in Venezuela, and is now in the British Museum. It belongs to a well marked and most interesting species, which I propose to name after m y friend Mr. E. R. Alston, whose work on Rodents generally, and especially on those of America, is well known to all interested in the subject. REITHRODON ALSTONI, sp. n. Form rather slender and rat-like, not so stout as in the other species. Ears rather short; laid forward they do not reach to the Fig. 1; Right hind foot of Beithrodou alstoni. eye. Limbs short, fifth toe of both fore and hind feet barely reaching; to the end of the fourth metacarpal or metatarsal, as in B. typicus and B. cuniculoides, thus differing from R, chinchilloides |