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10. Charroniajfavigulo, Bo(M. 

 9.411. Li-kiang Riin-e, 27° 40'. 10,000-11,000'. 



II. Lutreol'.i sihirlca moupinens/'s, M.-Edw. 



S . 167, 22:^. :\rekonrr Valley, 28'' N. 7000'. 



? . 454. Li-kian^ Range, 27* 30'. 12,000-14,000'. 



It is impos.siMe at j)resoiit to express a definite opinion as 

 to tlie position of these animals. ]\Iilne-Ed\vards descrilji'(l a 

 iiuuiber o? Ciiincse species witliout any considenition of tlic 

 wide differences that occur between the two sexes and the 

 summer and winter pelages. It is, however, probable that 

 bis vwupinennis is the same animal as those now obtained by 

 Mr. Forrest, and I provisionally use that name. 



There is some variation in the dejiree oE blackening at the 

 end of the fail, and it seems that my Mustela haiuptoni, from 

 Mt. Imaw Bum, should rather have been compared with the 

 present animal than with M. axihhemachalana of Nepal. 



12. Arctonijx obscurus, M.-E l\v. 



? . 538. Li-kiang Range, 27° 30' N. 10,000-12,000'. 



Til dcfermiiiiiig this badger my attention has been drawn 

 to a s|)ecimen from the extreme east of China which has 

 hitherto been referred to ^4. obscuruft, l)ut which appears to be 

 worthy of subspecitic distinction. 



A rctony.v ohscurus incultus, subsp. n. 



Fur much poorer, thinner, and harsher than in ohscurus. 

 General colour dull whitish washed with black, the prominent 

 whitish tips of the posterior dorsal fur found in obscurus 

 almost entirely absent. Under surface very thinly haired, 

 dull whitish washed with black. Crown and nape without a 

 white central streak. M.irkings of head about as in obscurus. 



Skull with comparatively broad muzzle, and with the 

 posterior bony palate extremely inflafeclun each siile, far more 

 so than in any of the several West Chiu^ speciiueiis, from 

 Ichaiig and westwards, in the Museum collection. 



Dimensions (from skin) : — 



Head and body (about) 700 mm.; fail 170; hind foot 81). 



Skull: greatest length 134; condylo-basal length 128; 

 zygomatic brea«lth 80 ; breadth of muzzle across roots of 

 canines 28'5 ; iiit< roi bital bieadth 33*3 ; breadth of posterior 

 palatf across inflations 27*7 ; longest oblique tliameter oC 

 m' 15. 



