1898.] MAMMALS FROM KUATFK", CHINA. 771 



give it a special name on a single specimen, but now that Mr. La 

 Touche's collection contains six more examples of this large race, 

 it is shown to be so constant as to deserve a subspeciflc name. 



5. PiPISTRELLUS SAVII PULTERATUS Pet. 



One specimen, pi'esented in 1897. 



6. PiPiSTBELLUS ABBAMXTS Temm. 

 One specimen, presented in 1897. 



7. SCOTOPHILUS ORNATUS BI7. 



One specimen, presented in 1897. 



This also, like Rhinohphus luctus, is the first Chinese record of 

 a Himalayan species. 



8. MUBIKA LEXTCOGASTRA M.-Edw. 



One specimen. 5/98. 



I quite fail to follow Dobson's reasons' for upsetting his previous 

 perfectly correct adoption of Murina instead of Harpiocephalus 

 for the name of the present genus. Both by " page priority " and 

 the opinion of the "first reviser" (Dobson in his earlier work) 

 Murina should be adopted for the genus, whether Harpiocei^lialua 

 is subgenerically synonymous with it or not. 



9. Crociduea sp. inc. 



Six young specimens, not determinable. 



A shrew of the 0. russula group, from Ching Feng Ling, is also 

 included in the collection. 



" Caught in the stony bed of a dried-up torrent." 



10. Talpa woauRA Temm. 



Pour skins, and two specimens in spirit. 

 " Tolerably common." 



11. Pelis domtnicanorum La Touche'. 



The type specimen of this species was until recently living 

 in the Society's Menagerie. It was obtained at Kuatun, so that 

 a passing reference may be made to it here. 



12. MUSTELA ELAVIGULA Bodd. 



One specimen. 



" Shot in the forest." 



13. SCIXJRTJS MACClEIiLANDII SWINHOEI M.-Edw. 



Two specimens. Several others previously sent. 



" An abundant species. Nests of this or the next oue were 

 often met with. These squirrels were breeding during our stay, 

 and many young ones, too small to rear, were brought to us." 



1 Mon. Asiatic Chiroptera, p. 150 (footnote) (1876). 



^ P. Z. S. 1898, p. 1, pi. i. The animal died in March last, and the specimen 

 is now in the British Museum. — Ed. 



