ART. 1 MAMMALS FROM CHINA — HOWELL 19 



specimens it would be unjustifiable to separate them and it is better 

 for the present to leave them unnamed. 



Genus VESPERTILIO Linnaeus 



VESPERTILIO MURINUS MURINUS Linnaeus 



(Vcspertilio) murinus Linnaeus, Sysf. Nat., vol. 1, ed. 10, 1758, p. 32 

 ( Sweden ) . 



/Specimen's. — Two : 120 miles north of Sansing, Manchuria, 1 ; and 

 85 miles north of Lanchow, Kansu, 1. 



These are indistinguishable from the limited number of European 

 specimens at hand. 



VESPERTILIO MURINUS SUPERANS Thomas 



Venpertilio murinus superans Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1S98, p. 770 

 (Sesalin, Ichang, Hupeli, China). 



Specimens. — Six : Yochow, Hunan, 4 ; Tientsin, Chihli, 1 ; eastern 

 China, 1. 



These skins are but very slightly larger than true murinus, but 

 the skulls are readily distinguishable by their size, greatest length 

 being about 17 mm. 



Genus SCOTOMANES Dobson 



SCOTOMANES ORNATUS SINENSIS Thomas 



Scotomdiies ornatus sinensis Thomas. .Tourn. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 27, 

 1921, p. 772 (Kuatun, Fukieu, China). 



Spec'mien. — Three from 50 miles southeast of Yochow, Hunan. 

 These specimens are the only representatives of the genus in the 

 national collection. 



Genus PACHYOTUS Gray 

 PACHYOTUS KUHLII INSULARIS (J. A. Allen) 



Scotophilus kuhlii insularis J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., toI. 22, 

 1906, p. 485 (Rintoi, or Rinsui, Hainan, China). 



Specimens. — Two in spirits from Amoy Island, Fukien, and Ka- 

 chek, Hainan. 



The virtual topotype from Hainan appears to agree in every par- 

 ticular with the original description, and the Fukien example is 

 indistinguishable except for being somewhat paler, possibly from 

 the action of the preservative. 



Genus PLECOTUS Geoffrey 



PLECOTUS SACRIMONTIS G. M. Allen 



Plecotus sacrimoutis G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. .52, 1908. p. 50 

 (Mt. Fuji, Japan). 



Specimens. — Nine from Wutingshan, Chihli. 



