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PETAURISTA YUNNANENSIS (Anderson) 



Ptcromys yunnanensis Anueesox, Ann. Jlag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 16, 1875, 

 p. 282 (Zeugyechen, Yunnan, Cliina). 



/Specimens. — Two from Tsehchung, Yunnan. 



In one specimen of this magnificent flying squirrel the white of 

 the underparts is sharply ditferentiated from the rufous of the under 

 border of the parachute. In the other the transition is gradual and 

 there is a tinge of rufous over most of the underparts. 



Genus SCIUROPTERUS F. Cuvier 



SCIUROPTERUS BUECHNERI Satunin 



Sciuropterus buechneri Satunin, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 

 vol. 7, 1902, p. 549 (Tscliortentanm, Kansu, China). 



Specimens. — Nine from Wutsaishan, Shansi. 



Mr. Sowerby found these beautiful little flying squirrels to be an in- 

 habitant of the dense forests that cover the mountains near Wutsai 

 above an altitude of about 7,000 feet. All were brought in by 

 natives, who said that they feed on nuts and pine seeds, as one would 

 expect. 



Family MUSCARDINIDAE 



Genus TYPHLOMYS Milne-Edwards 



TYPHLOMYS CINEREUS Milne-Edwards 



Typhlomys cinereus Milne-Edwards, Bull. Soc. Philom., vol. 11, 1877, p. 9 

 (western Fukien, China). 



/Specimens. — Four from Kuatun, Fukien. 



These are practically topotypes of this rare rodent. 



Family CRICETIDAE 

 Genus CRICETULUS Milne-Edwards 



CRICETULUS ANDERSONI Thomas 



Cricetulus andersoni Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 642 (100 

 miles northwest of Taiyuanfu, Shansi, China). 



Specim.e7is. — Twenty-five : Chingningchow, Kansu, 1 ; Yenanfu, 

 Shensi, 1; and the following from Shansi: 90 miles west, 8; 50 miles 

 northwest, 5; 20 miles east, 2; and 5 miles south of Taiyuanfu, 8. 



Those from northwest of Taiyuanfu are appreciably paler than the 

 ones from west of this locality. 



Sowerby found this little hamster distributed all over northern 

 Shansi and Shensi. It was to be met with in any mountainous or 

 hilly country and seemed to be extremely common. They were nearly 

 always caught close to cultivated fields. It would seem that they 



