Mammufn /ro/n Central A.siu. 393 



G. Putorixis larvalus michnoiy Kaslitch. 



S . 187. Kemtcliik Valley, Tamui-olu Mts. 2r)00'. 



(S . 2U0. Kuiiderluii Plateau, Atcliit Nor, N. W. Mongolia. 

 830U'. 



Described by Kashtclienko * as a variety of P. eversmanni , 

 but evidently a race of, if not identical with, P. larvatusj 

 llodgs., the Tibetan polecat. 



7. Sciurus vulgaris calotus, Hodgs. 



cJ. 177; ?. 165. Syansk Mts., 100 miles W. of Lake 

 Baikal. 1500'. 



c?. 227. Kran Valley, Great Altai. 4000'. 



Ur S. V. mortensi, Matsch,, which was based on Midden- 

 dort's description of tiie squirrel of the Lower Yenesei. 



8. Eutamias asiaticus, Pall. 



S . 153, 155 ; ? . 151, 156. 100 miles S.E. of Minnu- 

 sinsk, Yenisei. lOOO'. 



9. Citellus eversmanni, Brandt. 



cJ . 150. Minnusinsk, Upper Yenisei. 800'. 



(3 . 185. Kemtchik Valley, Tannu-ola Mts., N.W. Mon- 

 golii. 3000'. 



J . 194, l'6b, 196. S. side, Tannu-ola Mts. 7000'. 



? . 206. M:s. W. of Atehii Nor, N.W. Mongolia. 5500'. 



J. 303. Ala-tau Mts., N.W. Dzungaria. 7000-«000'. 



10. Citellus carruthersi, sp. n. 



S . 279, 280, 281, 283 ; ? . 277, 278, 282, 293 (and sepa- 

 rate skulls, 2tiG, 267). Barlik Mts., fcj. side, N.W. Dzun- 

 garia. 5000-7000'. 



Like C. ertjthroyenys, but much smaller and with only five 

 ])airs of mamma3. 



General characters of erythrogenys. Size very much 

 smaller. Colour above pale mottled Isabella, the shoulders 

 paler grey than tiie back. Head-markings as in erythro- 

 genys, the supraorbital reddish lines clearer reddish, or rather 

 ochraceous, not so dark as in erythrogenys. Under surface 

 broadly washed with dull buffy whitish. Hands and feet 

 cream-buff. Tail buffy, the hairs above more or less ringed 

 with black. Mammae 5 pairs only instead of 6. 



* Ann. Mus. St. Petersb. xv. p. 271 (1911). 

 Ann. 6d Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. ix. 27 



