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This is a paler, sandier race with fine black stripe. The two speci- 

 mens from Tientsin are excessively pale and gray, and were taken 

 during January. 



APODEMUS SPECIOSUS PENINSULAE (Thomas) 



Micromys speciosus peninsulae Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1906, p. 862 

 (Ming:5'ong, 110 miles southeast of Seoul, Korea). 



Sjyecimens. — Eighty-seven : Fengtien, 2, Imienpo, 20, and 60 miles 

 southwest of Kirin, Manchuria, 11 ; 150 miles up the Yalu River, 3, 

 and Potaidon, Korea, 2; 65 to 75 miles northeast of Peking, Chihli, 

 12 ; 18 to 90 miles west of Taiyuanf u, 9, 20 miles east of Taiyuanfu, 

 11, and 30 miles west of Kueihuacheng, Shansi, 5; Taipeishan district, 

 2, 12 miles south of Yenanfu, 4, 15 miles west of Sianfu, 4, and 80 

 miles west southwest of Sianfu, Shensi, 2; and 15 miles south of 

 Lanchow, Kansu, 1. 



Included in the above list is the material upon which A. praetor 

 was based. The type of this is a phenomenally large specimen such 

 as is encountered occasionally in almost all groups of rodents. No 

 other individual of this praetor series is as large as the measure- 

 ments given by Thomas for peninsulae. The darker, less yellowish 

 coloration ascribed to praetor is seasonal and is a character of the 

 short, summer coat, which, however, may be retained until October. 

 No winter or spring specimen has this type of coloration but at these 

 seasons they are more niddy. The Chihli series, also in the short, 

 dull, summer coat, have tails that are usually shorter than the head 

 and body. In Shansi and Shensi Sowerby found these mice in almost 

 all wooded or brushy country. 



APODEMUS DRACO (Barrett-Hamilton) 



Mus sijlvaticus draco Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900, p. 

 418 (Kuatun, Fukien, China). 



/Specimens. — Four from Kuatun, Fukien. 



From his papers I judge that Thomas is somewhat doubtful re- 

 garding the exact status of draco. I share his uncertainty in this re- 

 spect and the identification must be provisional. These should cer- 

 tainly be topotypes of draco, but Barrett-Hamilton stated that this 

 is a subspecies of sylvaticus and brighter above than typicus, while 

 the specimens at hand are definitely darker. They are not subspecies 

 of sylvaticus, for there are eight mammae and they have the short 

 incisive foramina of speciosus— not the long ones of sylvaticus. 

 Thomas mentioned that draco has eight mammae but stated nothing 

 further anent its systematic position. 



