1899.] ON CHINESE MAMMALS. 573 



bushy as in the female. The cheeks, throat, and sides of the head 

 and neck are bright red-rust colour ; the crown of the head and 

 nape are rich red-brown, instead of being nearly black. The 

 inner sides of the limbs, and upper sides of the hands and feet 

 are much more richly coloured orange or bright golden red. The 

 hairs on all parts are very lustrous. 



The measurements of the skull of this old animal are very much 

 larger than those given by M, Milne-Edwards : the breadth of 

 the face outside the orbit is 90 millim., the greatest expansion of 

 the zygomata 100 ; while the breadth of the constriction behind 

 the eyes is 51, as in the younger specimen. The base of the skull 

 has been cut away, so that it is not possible to give very full 

 measurements. 



Ehinolophtjs Eorxi. 



JRhinolophus rouxii, Temminck, Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 30 b. 

 d • Chin Teh, Anhwei. 



A small, almost uniform reddish-brown Bat ; the forearm 

 measures 45 millim., or 1-75 inch. 



Vespeetilio discoloe sxjpeeans. 



Vespertilo discolor superans, Thomas, P. Z. S. ] 898, p. 770. 



Sa Sa hu, Ichang. 



This large form described recently seems well worthy of the 

 distinguishing name that has been applied. In the present 

 specimen the forearm measures 54 millim., the thumb without the 

 cJaw 7. 



Nectogale elegans. 



Nectogale elegans, M.-Edw. C. E. Acad. Sci. 1870, t. Ixx. p. 341 ; 

 Eech. Mamm. 1874, p. 266, pis. 39, 39 a. fig. 1. 

 2 • Tang-liu-pa, N.W. Seehuen. 



This specimen agrees in every particular with the description 

 given by M. Milne-Edwards. 



There are two specimens of Nectogale from Sikhim in the British 

 Museum ; these two are larger and much more brown in colour, 

 and have the lower parts of a much less pure white, the colour of 

 the upper parts blending with that of the lower, there being no 

 sharp dividing line. The whole tint of the animal is more brown, 

 the pale ridges of the tail are buff-coloured, and even the longer 

 glistening hairs of the body are inclined to yellow. When wet the 

 iridescent colours are purple and not green. 



In its dentition the most evident distinction is, that the shorter 

 cusp of the large incisor is cut away so that the line of the 

 anterior edge of this cusp is continuous with the anterior edge of 

 the next tooth. I name this Himalayan form Nectogale sihhimensis. 



I have taken as a tvpe No. 96, 1. 1. 9 in the British Museum, 

 collected by Surg.-Maj. Waddell, Oct. 1891, at Lathong, 10,000 ft. 

 alt. 



