392 Mr. 0. Thomas nti 



1. Sorcic araneus hurealis, Kaslitsch. 



c?. 173; ? . 1G2. Syaijsk Mts., 100 miles W. of Lake 

 Baikal. 



2. Sorex centralis, Thos. 



S. 178, 179, 181; ? . 180. Syansk Mts., 101 miles W. 

 of Lake Baikal. 4000-7000'. 



Described Ann. & Macr. Nat. Hist. (8) viii. p. 758 (1911). 

 No. 180 (12. 4. 1. 6) the type. 



3. Crocidvra ilensis, Mill. 

 $.231. Steppe S. of Tarbagatai Mts., Dzungaria. 1000'. 



4. Talpa {? susc/ikini, Kashtcli.). 



? . 152, and separate skull no. 157. 100 miles S.E. of 

 Minnusijisk, Upper Yenisei. 1000'. 



In his work on W. Siberian Insectivora Prof. Kashtchenko 

 puts " var. susckkini " for a Sayanow specimen which is said 

 to agree with T. altaica in all respects except that tiie eye 

 and its aperture are minute. Tliis cliaracter being quite 

 valueless, and no other particuUirs being mentioned, it is 

 impossible to be certain whether the present specimens, wliich 

 differ from altaica in the size of their teeth, are really reft-r- 

 able to susckkini, but it seems advisable provisionally to put 

 tliem under that name. 



5. Martes zibellina, L. 



c? . 184 ; ? . 183. Skulls only. Tapsa Mts., N.W. 

 Mongolia. 



Found in a fur-hunter's hut. 



A comparison of these skulls with some from Kamtchatka 

 indicates that the peninsula animal ought certainl}- to be 

 distinguished from the Siberian on account of its greater size. 

 It should be called M. asiaiicus, the material used in 

 J5randl's paper on '■''Mustela ziheilina, var. asiatica " *, having 

 been mainly Kamtchatkan, and the original of pi. i. having 

 been Irom that country. If this name were put aside as 

 synonymous with zibeUiua itself, some more unsuitable name 

 from the same paper (e. g. ochraceus or 7nacu(atu:>) would 

 have to be adopted. 



* M<5m. Ac. St. Pt^tersb. (0) ix. Sci. Nat. vii. p. 1 (iSoo). 



