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relatively large and the cheek-teeth light; m^ with three outer 

 and four inner salient angles. 



For external and cranial measurements, see tables at end of 

 volume. 



Id. Eothenomys melanogaster aurora Allen. 

 1912. Microlus (Eothenomys) aurora G. M. Allen, Mem. Mus. Comp 



Zool. Harvard Coll., 40, p. 211. 

 1923. Eolhenomys melanogaster aurora Hinton, Ann. Ma". N H [91 



11, p. 149. ^ ■" 



Type.— Una. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll., No. 7788; male, 

 skin and skull, collected February 2, 1909, by W. R. Zappey. 



Type locality. — Changyanghsien, Hupeh, China. 



Range. — Hupeh, China. 



Characters. — Size normal, hind-foot to 18-5 mm. ; condylo- 

 basal length 25-8 mm. 



Colour of upper parts bright, near " tawny " of Ridgway, with 

 peculiar bright-yellow brassy reflections; muzzle grizzled grey 

 without tawny. Flanks scarcely lighter than back, the colour 

 grading insensibly into that of ventral surface. Under parts grey 

 washed conspicuously, except on thighs and throat, with ochrace- 

 ous buff, darkened by slaty bases of hairs, but not to the extent 

 seen in E. m. melanogaster. Feet and ears clothed with short 

 brown hairs, with greyish reflections. Tail indistinctly bicoloured, 

 blackish above, greyish below. 



Skull large and heavy with more prominent ridges and angles 

 than in the typical form. Auditory bullse large; cheek-teeth 

 light. Enamel pattern of molars nearly typical, but m^ with three 

 outer and four inner salient angles. 



For external and cranial measurements, see tables at end of 

 volume. 



le. Eothenomys melanogaster miletus Thomas. 

 1914. Microlus {Eothenomys) melanogaster miletus Thomas, Ann. Mag. 



N.H., [8], 14, p. 474. 

 1923. Eothenomys melanogaster miletus Hinton, Ann. Mag. N.H., [9], 



11, p. 149. 



Type.—^.W., No. 14.10.23.32; adult male, collected 

 February 28, 1914, by F. Kingdon Ward; presented by the Hon. 

 N. C. Rothschild. 



Type locality.— \Q miles W. of Yang-pi, Western Yunnan. 

 Altitude 7000 feet. 



Range. — Known only from the type locality. 



Characters. — Size normal (hind-foot 19 mm. ; condylo-basal 

 length of .skull 25-3 mm.). General external characters, including 

 colour and the greater length of tail, as in E. m. eleusis; 

 size, however, somewhat greater. Colour rather brighter than in 

 E. m. conjinii. 



