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Show 102 DR. C. I. FORSYTH MAJOH ON PLIOCENE VOLES. [Feb. 18, February 18, 1902. Prof. G. B. HOWES, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. Mr. L. W. Byrne, F.Z.S., called the attention of the Meeting to the description of Lepidogaster stictopteryx, a supposed new species of Sucker-fish, which had been given by Mr. E. W . L. Holt and himself in a communication made to the Society on November 15th, 1898, and made the following remarks:- On November 15th, 1898, we exhibited before this Society (P. Z. S. 1898, p. 589) specimens of a Lepidogaster. W e supposed them to be attributable to a new species, for which we suggested the name of L. stictopteryx. The examination of further specimens has convinced us that we have been guilty of adding further confusion to the synonymy of the species of this genus, and that our L. stictopteryx is not specifically distinct from L. microcephalia Brook, the synonymy of which should stand as follows :- LEPIDOGASTER MICROCEPHALUS. L. microcephalus Brook, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin. x. p. 166, pi. vii. (1888). ?Z. bimaculatus d, Guitel, Comptes Rendus, cxl. p. 759(1890). L. stictopteryx Holt & Byrne, P. Z. S. 1898, p. 589. Fortunately our friend Professor Guitel, of Rennes, is continuing his studies upon this genus, and informs us that he has obtained at Roscoff material which he believes will enable him to deal with the question in a satisfactory manner. Under these circumstances we feel it would be superfluous for us to do more than correct our own mistake, and we have entrusted our notes, drawings, and material to his most able hands. Mr. W . B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., exhibited and made remarks upon the skull of a supposed hybrid between the Sheep and the Pig, named " Cuino"l by the inhabitants of Mexico, where it was extensively reared as an agricultural animal. The skull was clearly that of a Pig, Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, F.Z.S., exhibited some jaws and teeth of Pliocene Voles (Mimomys, gen. nov.), from the Norwich Crag at Thorpe, and fiom the Upper Val d'Arno; and made the following remarks:- The Pliocene remains of Voles here exhibited-a mandibular ramus from the lacustrine beds of the Upper Val d'Arno in Italy, and over forty bits from the Norwich Crag at Thorpe, 1 For information respecting this supposed hybrid see 'Field,' vol. xcvi (10001 p. 497, and xcvii. (1901) p. 233. |