DihUogrophicid Xotices. 391 



lower jaw. Ears romulcd, very lart^e. Feet five-toed, 

 slender, elongate, especially in the hind liinl). All the under 

 mrCacc of the foot naked or covered with very short hairs. 

 Tail about half the length of the body, somewhat slender, 

 covered with very fliort hairs. 



Pelage similar to that of I/i/Iomys siiilhts dorsah'ft, Thomas, 

 composed of two sorts of hair, i)ut the general tint inclining 

 to reddish yellow. The majority of the hairs are of a deep 

 reddish yellow (grey at their basi) ; long black hairs (longer 

 and more scattered, lighter at their points) project beyond 

 the reddish hairs, and are much more numerous on the back, 

 less abundant uii the flanks. Beneath of a greyish wliite. 

 Ears (with very short hairs) and feet of a more or less deep 

 brown ; the fore feet tinted with reddish on their anterior 

 face. Soles of feet with six tubercles ranged two and two. 



Jh'rneusions. — Head and body 115 niillim,; head .'35 millini.; 

 ear 15 millim. ; tail 5o millini. ; tarsus 2G millim. ; naked 

 |)art of the tibia 15 millim. : basal length of the skull 30 

 millim., greatest breadth 15 millim. 



Seven specimens in skin with their skulls. 



IJab. Ta-tsien-lou, province of Se-tchouen (China Occiden- 

 tal), at an altitude of 2545 metres. Sent by the Catholic 

 Mission of Ta-tsien-lou, under the direction of ^Igr. Biet, 

 Apostolic Bishop of Tibet. 



Later on I shall give a more complete description of this 

 interesting type, accompanied by figures. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Catalogue of the Lejndoptera PhaJance in the British Museum. 

 Vol. VIII. Catalogue of the Noctuida?. By Sir George F. 

 Hampsox, Bart. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees. 

 &V0. Pp. xiv, SS.'J ; pis. cxxiii.-cxxxvi., and 102 ligures in the 

 text. (Text, price lbs. ; plates, 12s.) 



The appearance of a new volume of this gigantic work is now aiTnost 

 an annual event, and frecjuenters of the insect-room at the Britisli 

 JIuseum must often admire the quiet persistency with which the 

 indefatigable author ])ursues his work, year in and year out, allowing 

 nothing to divert liis attention from it for an instant. In the 

 preface to the present volume Professor llarmer tells us : — *' The 

 subject of Vol. VIII. of the ' Catalogue of Moths' is the second part 

 of the Xoctuid subfamily Acrouyctina: \ it contains 720 speties 

 belonging to 104 genera as compared with b4;i species belonging 

 to JM) genera in Vol. VII., leaving 171 genera to he dealt within the 

 third and final part of the subfamily, which it is hoped will appear 



