ART. 1 MAMMALS FROM CHINA HOWELL 7 



than minor and the concavity of the postglenoid process extends onto 

 the mastoid in a fashion that is not found in that form. The species 

 miodon is evidently entirely distinct. 



Family TALPIDAE 



Genus UROPSILUS Milne-Edwards 



UROPSILUS SORICIPES Milne-Edwards 



Uropsilus soricipes Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Art-h. Mns., 1871. p. 92 (Mupiiig, 

 Szechwan, China). 



Specimen. — One, from Taochow, the province given as Szechwan, 

 but I know of no locality of this name save in Kansu. 



In recording Zappey's specimens, G. M. Allen (1912) called at- 

 tention to the great dental variation shown by this series of insecti- 

 vores, indicating that this covered the characters of the genus Rhyn- 

 chonax Thomas. Later (1923), however, he recognized this as a 

 valid genus. The single specimen before me was one of the Zappey 

 series and it has 18 teeth in the upper series and the same number 

 below, the former agreeing with Uropsilus, and the latter with 

 Rhynchonax (rather than NasUlus). Until some one has access to 

 sufficient material to settle the moot points involved. I prefer to 

 adopt a conservative attitude. 



Genus MOGERA Pomel 



MOGERA LATOUCHEI Thomas 



Mogera lalouchci Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. Londou, 1907, p. 463 (Kuatuu, 

 Fukien, China). 



Specimens. — Two; from Kuatun, Fukien, and Tseogiakeo, Szech- 

 wan. 



In the above topotype the first upper premolar is a trifle longer 

 than the second — not shorter as stated by Thomas. The skull of the 

 Szechwan specimen has a broader interpterygoid and smaller bullae, 

 and it seems likely that when an adequate series is available separa- 

 tion will prove desirable. 



MOGERA ROBUSTA (Nehring) 



Talpa robusta Nehrixg, Sitz.-Berich. Gesellseh, Naturf. Freunde, 1891, p. 95 

 (Vladivostok, Siberia ) . 



Specimen. — One, from Fengtien, Manchuria. 



This specimen lacks a skull but comparison of its fore feet with 

 those of coreana leaves little doubt as to its identity. 



MOGERA COREANA Thomas 



Mogera coreana Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1907. p. 463 (65 miles north- 

 east of Seoul, Korea ) . 



Specimens. — Four, from Fusan, Korea. 



