396 MR. J. L. BONHOTE ON THE [ Nov. 28, 
Habitat. Kuatun, N.W. Fokien. 
The typical series, all from Kuatun, are the only ones at present 
known. 
Micromys MiINuUTUS Pyemmus (A. M.-E.). 
Mus pygmeus A. M.-Edw. Rech. Mamm. p. 291, pl. xliii. fig. 1 
(1874); Thos. P. Z. 8. 1898, p. 775. 
Mus minutus pygmeus B.-Hamilton, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 
ser. 7, vol. iii. p. 343 (1899). 
This is the Chinese representative of our European Harvest- 
Mouse, from which it differs in its rather longer tail and darker 
colour. The general colour above is of a uniform olive-brown, 
rather more rufous on the hind-quarters. The under parts are 
greyish white. Hands and feet scantily clothed with brownish 
hair. Tail equal in length or longer than the head and body, 
clothed with minute and almost invisible sete. 
The skull, which is typical of the genus, has a moderately broad 
brain-case, but is rather short in the muzzle. The bulle are 
large for the size of the skull, and project sharply downwards, com- 
pressing the basioccipital at its anterior portion. 
Dimensions of a dried skin from Kuatun. Head and body 
58 mm.; tail 61; hind foot 14*. 
Skull. Greatest length 19 mm.; basilar length 17; palatilar 
length 8; diastema5; length of incisive foramina 3°6; length of 
nasals 6; interorbital breadth 3°7; breadth of brain-case 9 ; 
length of molar series 3:8. 
Habitat. Sze-chuen. Specimens in the British Museum from 
Kuatun and Shanghai. 
Nothing further is known of the distribution or habits of this 
species. The Japanese Harvest-Mouse recently described by 
Mr. Thomas is more rufous and resembles the Kuropean one more 
closely than the Chinese. 
MiICROMYS AGRARIUS MANCHURICUS (Thos.). 
Mus agrarius mantchuricus Thos. P. Z. 8. 1898, p. 774. 
This is the Northern Chinese form of Wus agrarius, from 
typical examples of which it differs only to a slight extent. It 1s 
slightly larger and more rufous in its general tone of colour. The 
dark median dorsal stripe is black and very clear cut, and starting 
from the crown reaches to the root of the tail. Under parts grey 
with a tinge of rufous along the middle line. Tail dark brown 
above, lighter below, well covered with short hairs. 
The skull does not materially differ from that of J/. agrarius 
typicus. 
Dimensions (of type after Thos.). Head and body 116 mm. ; 
tail 78; hind foot 19; ear 14. 
* The measurements of the type as given by M. M.-Edwards are: head and body 
73, tail 53, ear 5, hind foot 18; but on the discrepancies between the tail and hind- 
foot measurements see O. Thomas, loc. cit. supra. 
