Iiac^8 0/ Dicniomys pcinyi. ',]0'.\ 



already oxj)l:iiiiO(l, it is the saturate form of N.VV. Yuiinaii 

 aiul the extieiMc western (kI^c of Sze-chwan vvliich should 

 hear that name. I myself also ori;;iiially i<l(nlilie(l Major 

 Bailey's s))ecimen as JJ. perni/i\ ami may therefore, perhaps, 

 liave misled Mr. Allen. 



D. p. (friaelda is readily distinguishable from all other 

 forms by its <rieyish general colour and the long grey hairs 

 aloiifr the underside of the tail. 



•4. Dremomys perui/i modestiis, subsp. u. 



Fur rather harsher than in the western and more highland 

 subspecies. General colour more drabby brown, near 

 " Saccardo's umber," the type oven approaching " buffy 

 brown." Ear-patches comparatively inconspicuous, scarcely 

 contrasting at all with the colour of the head. Under surface 

 distinctly tinged with buffy, especially posteriorly. Middle 

 area of underside of tail dull buffy. 



Dimensions of typical skull : — 



Greatest length b'2 mm.; facial length 2<)'5 ; length of 

 brain-case 27; upper tooth-series exclusive ofy/ 8'4. 



Hub. Sui-yang, Kwei-chow. 



Type. Old male. B.M. no. 8. 8. 11. 41. Collected 

 April 1898. Presented by F. W. Siyan, Esq. Three 

 specimens. 



All the eastern forms of D. p/rtv/i (east of about 106° E.) 

 have a more brownish tone than the western ones. D. p. mo- 

 destiis is most allied to T). p. seiiex of Ichang, but is a paler 

 brown, wiih less conspicuous ear-patches. 



5. Dremomys pernyi se/iej; G. All. 

 Dremomys senex, G. All. Mem. Mus. Harvard, xl. no. 4, p. 2:.'9 (1912). 



General colour brownish olivaceous, not so brown as in 

 the next subspecies or D. p. modesttts, not so olivaceous as 

 in 7). p.jfavior. Ear-patches very conspicuous, usually rich 

 ochraceous, but white in the type, a variation which occurs 

 in other members of the genus. Under surface more or less 

 suffused with buffy, whicli is si)ecially well marked on the 

 area in front of the thighs. 



ISkull-dimensions of type (from Allen) : — 



Greatest length 53 mm.; upper tooth-row, exclusive of 



Hub. Ichang. Eight specimens in the British Museum, 

 presented liy Mr. JStyan. 



