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Show 19 E votomys mikado, sp. n. A true Evotomys, coloured very like the European E. glareolios, though more strongly rufous. Dimensions :-Head and body 104 mm.; tail 34 ; hind foot 17. Hab. Aoyama, Hokkaido. Type. Female. Original number 107. SOREX SHINTO, Sp. n. A small species allied to S. minutus, but with an unusually long tail. Dimensions :-Head and body 50 mm.; tail 49 ; hind foot 11 5. Hab. Makado, N. Hondo. Type. Male. Original number 47. Mr. C. Tate Regan, B.A., F.Z.S., read a paper entitled " A Revision of the Fishes of the Family Galaxiidce." Two genera were recognised, Galcoxias and Neochanna, the latter consisting of a single species only. Twenty-eight species of Galaxias were described, including G. attenuatus Jenyns, found on the coasts and in the rivers of Australia, New Zealand and Chili, Patagonia, and the Falkland Is., and two peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope, five to New Zealand and the neighbouring islands, five to Chili, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands, and fifteen to Australia and Tasmania. Five species were described as new to science. Mr. J. L ewis B onhote, F.Z.S., communicated the first of a series of papers dealing with the Mammalian Fauna of China. The present part dealt with the Murince, containing the genera Mas and Micromys, giving descriptions and synonymy as well as emphasising the distinctive characters by which the various species might be easily distinguished. Two species were described as new, of which the following are preliminary descriptions:- Mus huang, sp. n. Similar to Mus confucianus, but general colour much brighter and tail without white tip. Mus lin g , sp. 11. Smaller than Mus huang and paler in general coloration. Very similar to Mus cremoriventer Mill., but with bicolor instead of unicolor tail. Mr. F. E. B eddard, F.R.S., read a paper entitled " Some Additions to the Knowledge of the Anatomy, principally of the Vascular System, of Ratteria, Crocodilus, and certain Lacertilia." A communication from Mr. M artin J acoby, F.E.S., contained descriptions of 111 new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera of the family Halticidce. |