334 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON [ Nov. 28, 
Kiushiu : 
Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum nippon. 
Myotis macrodactylus, natterert hombinus. 
Miniopterus schreibersi japonie. 
Crocidura cerulea, dsi-nezwmi. 
Urotrichus talpordes. 
Mustela melampus. 
Putorius itatst. 
Meles anakuma. 
Petaurista leucogenys. 
Micromys speciosus, geisha, minutus japonicus. 
Microtus montebelli. 
Evotomys (Phaulomys) smathii. 
Lepus brachyurus. 
In order to focus so far as possible the existing information 
about the mammals of Japan, I have prepared the following 
résumé of the literature, which, apart from 'Temminck’s fine work, 
is of a very fragmentary character. 
1824. Siebold, G. T. de. Spicilegia Faun. Japon., in Dissertatio 
Hist. Nat. Japon. p. 13. 
Description of “ Wyoaus lineatus”—a Tamias, from Hokkaido. 
1842-45. Temminck, C. J. Mammalia of P. F. de Siebold’s 
‘Fauna Japonica,’ pp. 1-60, pls. 1.—xxx. 
A complete account of the Fauna, as known from the col- 
lections sent by Messrs. Siebold, Burger, and other Dutch 
naturalists to the Leyden Museum. 
One of the finest and most complete faunistic works ever 
published. Up to 1904, that is, for more than sixty years, the 
only valid species added to those contained in it were MWicrotus 
montebelli M.-Edw., Murina hilgendorfi Peters, and Talpa 
mizura Giinth. 
The following species are first described in this great work :— 
Macacus fuscatus (under the name of /nwits speciosus), Pteropus 
dasymallus, Rhinolophus nippon and cornutus, Pterygistes 
molossus, Myotis macrodactylus, Pipistrellus abramus and 
akakomuli, Talpa wogura, Urotrichus talpoides, Chimarrogale 
_platycephala, Crocidura dsi-nezumi and umbrina, Meles ana- 
kuma, Mustela melampus and brachyura, Putorius ttatsi, 
Nyctereutes viverrinus, Lepus brachyurus, Sciwrus lis, Pieromys 
leucogenys, Sciuropterus momonga, Mus erythronotus, argenteus, 
molossinus, tanezumi, and speciosus, Glirulus japonicus, Cervus 
sika, Nemorhedus crispus, and Sus leucomystax. 
1857. Schlegel, H. 
Ursus japonicus, sp.u. Handl. Beoefening der Dierkunde, 
1. p. 42; Sclater, P.Z.8. 1862, p. 261; Giinther, P.Z.8. 1880, 
p. 442. 
The U. torquatus of the ‘ Fauna Japonica.’ 
