8 . THE ZOOLOGIST. 
VIII. Note on Haleampa chrysanthellum, Peach. By A. C. Haddon, 
Proc. R. Dub. Soe. (N.s.) v. p. 1, figs. 1—4 (1886). 
A critical note on this species, the following being synonyms * 
—Edwardsia duodecimcirrata, Sars. ; Xanthiopus bilateralis, Ke. ; 
X. vittatus, Kef.; Halcampa kefersteini, Andres; H. andresii, 
Hadd. Several varieties are described, and a new description is 
given, which takes into account the wide range of variation 
of the species. 
ON THE WOLF OF NIPPON. 
By Pror. Neurine, or BERLIN. 
In reference to the important and suggestive remarks on the 
Mammalia of Japan and their geographical distribution, recently 
published by Dr. D. Brauns,t I venture to make some observa- 
tions on the Wolf found in the Isle of Nippon, reserving some 
further remarks on a few other species for another occasion. 
The Japanese Wolf, as is well known, has been identified by 
Temminck as Canis hodophylax,t and is said to differ from the 
Common Wolf, Canis lupus, Linn. (= Lupus vulgaris, Gray), by 
its smaller size, relatively shorter legs, and also by its different 
colour. Von Schrenck, however, a thoroughly profound critic 
on the subject,§ upset the distinctive characters pointed out by 
Temminck, especially demurring to a belief in the existence of 
any anomalous proportions of the leg-bones. Prof. Brauns, also 
on the opinion of von Schrenck, declares the Japanese Wolf 
identical with Canis lupus, in opposition to his previously 
expressed views on the subject. || 
Being in possession of a well-preserved skull of a full-grown 
Japanese Wolf of moderate age, I am in a position to express 
an independent opinion on the subject. The skull in question 
belongs to the Anatomical Museum of Berlin (register No. 25,546), 
* Translated from the German in ‘Der Zoologischer Garten,’ 1885, 
pp- 161—170. 
} ‘On the Geographical Distribution of Mammalia in Japan,” in Mitth. 
d. Ver. f. Erdkunde. Halle-o.-S., 1884. 
} See Temminck, ‘ Fauna Japonica,’ p. 38, fig. 
§ L. von Schrenck, ‘ Reisen im Amur-Lande,’ i. p. 47. 
|| In ‘ Chrysanthemum,’ Feb. 1881, 
