620 MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. [June 23, 
soft and mole-like, of a deep brown, with a madder-tint, lighter 
on the underparts. The membrane extending from the tail to the 
legs was wrinkled, and covered the tail like a glove, so as to slip 
up or down as the creature wished to expand or contract its in- 
terfemoral wing, or, in nautical language, to shake out or take in 
reefs. The toes on each hind foot were five in number, of nearly 
equal length, the outer one thicker, all with longish pale hairs, 
chiefly at their tips; sides of the upper lip and upper surface of ear 
furrowed or grooved. Eyes small, and nearly hidden in the recess 
formed by the protruding ears. The living animal carried two 
species of parasites, one winged and the other wingless. These have 
been described and figured by Mr. H. Giglioli, in the ‘ Proceedings 
of the Microscopical Society’ for 1863, as Strebla molossa and Poly- 
ctenes molossus. 
I have often, on a cloudless evening, at Amoy, seen these Bats 
flying along high in the air, being easily distinguished by the nar- 
rowness of their wings. When irritated, the creature has a habit of 
exposing its tail by the process above described, and of sinking its 
eye into the socket, and thrusting it out again. 
INSECTIVORA. 
23. Tapa insuLARIS. (Formosan Blind Mole.) 
Talpa insularis, Swinhoe, P. Z. 8. 1862, p. 10. 
Found in the hills of the north end of Formosa. A Mole occurs 
about Peking which M. Alphonse M.-Edwards has distinguished 
as the Scaptochirus davidianus (Aunales des Sciences Nat. 5° série, 
t. 7), anted, p. 450. 
24. Tawra, sp. 
IT have a Mole from Foochow, China, which resembles the Szechuen 
species ; but, owing to the present troubled state of Paris, I have 
not been able to compare it. 
25. Sorex muriNnus, Linn. (Musk-rat.) 
Sorex myosurus, Pall. 
S. swinhoei, Blyth, J. A. 8. xxviii. 285. 
S. albinus, Blyth. J. A. 8. xxix. 90 (the young). 
The Common “ Musk-rat” is found throughout China, Formosa, 
and Hainan, in houses in large towns. Has an unpleasant musky 
odour, and a peculiar chatter, like the chinking of money (Swinh. 
‘ Zoologist,’ 1858, p. 6224; P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 382; P. Z. 8. 1870, 
p. 231). 
26. Sorex ? (Small Shrew.) 
Sorex ?, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 382. 
The two little Shrews I took under decayed dung on a hill at 
Tamsuy, Formosa, and mentioned before (/.c.), I sent in spirits 
to Paris, but do not at all know what has since become of them. 


