GIO Prof. T. Mori on new 



w'liicli it is nearest allied, by its having (1) ground-colour 

 wliitisli grej with whitish underfiir, (2) two large dark 

 brown stripes on tiie shoulder, (3) long, busiiy, ringed tail. 



Colour. — Fur soft, tliick, and ratlier long. Ground-colour 

 of the body whitish grey, covered with dark reddish-brown 

 spots. On the head tiiere are white lines each side of 

 the nose and under the eye ; two dark brown stripes in the 

 centre, commencing at the top of the nose and on each side 

 of it, and two more beginning at each eye, passing over 

 the top of the head and down the back of the neck to the 

 shoulders. On the shoulder are situated two large, oblong, 

 blackish-brown patches, and on each side two long reddish- 

 brown stripes; a dark brown stripe from the corner of the 

 eye runs back across the cheek to the base of the ear, and 

 another dark red stripe, starting below the eye, passes across 

 the cheek and curves back under the throat. In addition, a 

 dark brown line beginning behind the ear runs down each 

 side of the neck, and, turning downward, forms the band. 

 Tiie centre of the back is much darker than the sides and 

 marked with many confused daik brown spots. Cheeks, 

 lips, throat, and breast white. The throat and breast crossed 

 by four bands (some of which are broken) of the colour of 

 burnt sienna. The belly is buff covered witli chestnut-brown 

 spots. Legs same colour as the body, but the feet and inside 

 of the hind legs buff, with two or three imperfect rings on 

 the fore legs and four or five similar rings on the hind legs. 

 Tail long and bushy, reaching to the ground, with confused 

 markings at the upper part of the base and twelve or thirteen 

 narrow broken rings on the upper part of the remaining 

 portion ; lip of the tail black. Nose brown, witii short hair. 

 Tiie inside of ear is buff, the back black with a white spot. 



Diniensio7is (approximate) from skin. — Head and body 

 730 mm. ; tail 350 ; hind foot 125 ; ear 38. 



Ckarronia flavigula koreana, subsp. n. 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull). Original number 2. 

 Collected at Korio, near Seoul, Korea, December 16th, 1907, 

 by Mr. Eizo Takahashi. B.M. no. 22. 10. 6. 8. 



Diagnosis. — This subspecies is most nearly allied to the 

 Amurland Charronia flavigula hortalis, Radde, but is very 

 much paler in colour of upper part; undeipart of tlie body 

 with whitish underfur. Size smaller, tail shorter, and skull 

 narrower. The white part of the chin extends sideways and 

 reaches to the auditory canal, which is not the case in the 

 Amurland form. 



