On neio Mammals from Koroa and Manchuria. 609 



the Chinese A^. proci/onoi(2e.<t, Gray, anil .Taj)aM03e xY. viver- 

 riiius, Tonimiiick ; aiul central Ijlack .stripe conspicuously 

 like tlie nianc. 



Skull witli zygomatic arcli wider an'l auditory hull;ii larj^er. 

 As distino;uisliiiit^ character, premaxilla3 extend backwards to 

 the narrow point of the proj(?ctin<^ tVotitals, thus completely 

 cuttini^ olT the niaxilhe fri)in the nasals. 



Colour. — Fur very \on<^, soft, and thick. Head : cheek 

 black, noso tawny olive, forehead whitish with blackish tip 

 to the hair, antl under the ear white with lono- white hair. 

 Ear rufous with dark brownish margin. From the top of 

 the head over the neck to the shoulder-mane a single con- 

 tinuous black stripe ; this stripe extends to the upper part of 

 the body and down the hip. The upper part of tlu body 

 and the hip rather dark brownish, with black tip and 

 greyish-white base to the long hair (length 90 mm.) and 

 thick buff underfur. The sides of the body covered with 

 dark brown intermixed with greyish-white hair. Chin dark 

 slate, throat and breast of a dirty fawn-colour, with dark 

 brownish tip to the hair. Tail bushy, end and upper part 

 blackish, underpart buff. Foot blackish slate. 



Dimensions (from dry skin). — Head and body 660 mm.; 

 tail 180. 



Skull: greatest length 119; basal length 110; greatest 

 breadth 60; nasal length 16 ; length of naso-frontal suture 

 21*5; length of naso-preniaxillary suture 25; breadth of 

 premaxillary 16; breadth of inaxillre over the canine 22; 

 breadth of the postorbital process 34*5 ; frontal length 50 ; 

 palatal length 55"5 ; length of upper molar tooth-row 39; 

 mandible length 91; mandible height 49; distance of AP to 

 /^ 23. 



Specimens examined. — Three, all from Korea. 



I append (p. 608) my measurements of the skulls of 

 iV^. viverrinuH, N. procyonoides, and iV, koreensis, with those 

 of N. ussuriensis and JV. amurensis given by Professor Paul 

 Matschie, who describes them as new *. 



Felis manchurica, sp. n. 



Ti/pe. — Alult male (skin oidy). Original number 1. 

 Collected near Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, February 

 14th, 1922, by Muiukatsu Nagura. B.M. no. 22. 10. 6. 4. 



Diai/nosis. — Tliis sj)ecies can be distinguisheti from Felis 

 microtis, A. M.-Ed wards, and Felis euptilura, Elliot, with 



* Paul Mattfchii;, ' Ueber Cliinesische Sanfretierc, besoudors an* deu 

 Sammluu^^eu des llcrr Wilheliu Filcbner,' pp. 178-180 (1907). 



