the Common Iledcjchog. 307 



Distribution. At present known only t'roni tlie type, wliicli 

 is from Sicily, ami certainly represents an interestini^ locil 

 developiiuMit of the liCLljjeliofT, for tlieopportnnityof describin:^ 

 which we arc indebtej to Mr. J. I. S. Wiiitaker. At his 

 suggestion I have pleasure in connecting it with the name of 

 Signor Console, his museum curator, to whose energy the 

 British Museum is indebted for a long series of Sicilian 

 mammals, including the types of my Eliomi/s pallidum and 

 01 is insu/uris. 



(8) Erinaceus europceus sibiricus. 

 Erinaceua sibiricus, Erxleben, Sjst. Regn. An. 1777, p. 172. 



Tt/pe unknown. 



Dtscription. " E. europcBuSy notaso ex rufo-fusco et flavido 

 variegato ; gastrjEO dilute cinereo, llavido-lavato " (L. J. 

 Fitzinger, Sitzb. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. I. Abth., Nov.-Ueft, 

 Jahrg. 18G7, p. })). 



JJistribution. Siberia. 



I have never seen a specimen of this form. 



(9) Erinaceus europceus dealbatus. 

 Erinaceus dealbatus, R. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 450. 



T//pe No. Gl. 6. 2. 5, from Peking. Collected by R. 

 Swinhoe. 



Distinguishing characteristics. A pale form of E. europceus 

 of which we know very little, Swinhoe's description having 

 been taken from a quite young individual, and hence being 

 not very reliable. 



The only adult skull which is available for comparison is 

 that of no. 74. 1. 24. 23, collected bj Swinhoe at Chefoo, 

 China, and in which the frontal processes of the premaxillae 

 are inconspicuous and terminate posteriorly in a sinuous line 

 with no sharply defined point. The dimensions reach 54 x 35. 



Diblributwn. At present only known from Chefoo and 

 Pekin, China. 



(10) Erinaceus europceus amurensis. 



Erinaceus euroixsus, L., var. amurensis, L. v. Schrenck, Reisen und 

 Forschuugen im Aniur-Lande in den Jahren 1854-1856, 13d. i. pp. 100- 

 106, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1858). 



Typical locality Amurland. 



The Museum possesses no specimen of this subspecies, so 

 that I cannot compare it with others. 



