342 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON [ Nov. 28, 
“Not uncommon; usually found in the embankments that 
bound the terraced paddy-fields. Often accepting bait of rice or 
wheat. The stomach contents of those examined was largely of a 
vegetable character, not mixed with earth as when earthworms 
are the chief food.”—I/. P. A. 
This observation about the food of Urotrichus is of remarkable 
interest, as it is quite opposed to the general rule in the Talpide. 
I can find no previous statement on the subject, either as regards 
this genus or its American ally Veurotrichus. 
15. UrorricHUs TALPOIDES PILIROSTRIS True. 
Dymecodon pilirostris True, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 97 
(juv.). 
3. 53, 61, 62, 65, 73, 74,75. 2.55. Tsunagi, near Morioka, 
Iwate Ken, N. Hondo. 
3. 94,95. Morioka, Iwate Ken, N. Hondo. 
6. 142, 144, 145, 162. 9. 143, 152, 161. Nakaomi, near 
Ohito, Izu, 8.E. Hondo. 400, 
These specimens, from Hondo, are all of a “ slate-black” (grey 
no. 2), with a slight tinge of “‘mouse-grey,” and are without the 
distinctly brown tone of the typical ¢alpoides of Kiushiu and 
Shikoku. They are also very slightly smaller, with shorter tails 
and shorter hind feet. 
The following are the measurements (in mm.) of a pair from 
Izu, near the typical locality of ‘‘ Dymecodon pilirostris” :— 
3. Head and body 92; tail 30; hind foot 14°45. 
: . 905 20 " 14°5, 
A study of Mr. True’s description of the genus Dymecodon 
convinced me that his specimen was a young Uvotrichus, and this 
suggestion has been confirmed by Mr. Gerrit Miller, who tells me 
that the type, now in the U.S. National Museum, “is young, 
with the milk-dentition still in place.” 
But Mr. Miller goes on to state that the molars of pilirestris 
are smaller than those of talpoides, and that there are other slight 
cranial differences, although, owing to the youth of the specimen, 
he cannot express an opinion as to their value. ‘‘ My surmise 
would be that Dymecodon is the same as Urotrichus, but that the 
species pilirostris is quite distinct from the ordinary animal.” 
On geographical grounds, however, it appears to me so unlikely 
that there should be a different species of Urotrichus at Yeno- 
shima, a place in the Bay of Tokyo quite close to Misaki, where 
we know the ordinary form occurs, and not far from the Izu 
peninsula, that I do not at present feel justified in giving the 
Hondo subspecies any other name than pilirostris. 
16. Canis HoDOPHYLAX Temm. 
¢. 255. Washikaguchi, Nara Ken, Hondo. 
“The Wolf was purchased in the flesh, and I can learn but little 
about it. It is rare, some say almost extinct. Japanese name 
‘Okami’ or ‘ Aamainu.’”—J/. P. A. 
