864 ON MAMMALS FKOM KOREA. [NoV. 27, 



c? . 722, 739, 740, 741. 10 miles N, of Taiku. Alt. 1200 ft. 

 " Ti'a23ped in mossy tains overgrown with bushes." 

 " From hurrow in barley-field on diy hillside." 



Size In.rge, scai'cely less than in G. hedforcUce and andersoni. 

 Fur (in winter) 8-9 mm. in length on the back. General colour 

 above coarsely-lined cinnamon-brown in most specimens, but 

 darkening in old individuals to a rich and beautiful cinnamon- 

 rufous or hazel of unusual intensity. Sides paler, without mai'ked 

 line of demarcation from eithei- back or belly ; under surface 

 broadly washed with pinkish buft", the bases of the hairs slaty as 

 usual. Glandular patches pi'esent on flanks, biit not conspicuous. 

 Forehead lined cinnamon-brown. Ears well-clothed with rufous 

 hairs. Upper surface of hands and feet bnfl'y whitish. Tail 

 shorter than in the Japanese species above referred to, well- 

 haired, shai'ply bicolor, broAvn above darkening teiimnally to 

 black, cream-buff below. Mamma? 2 — 2 = 8. 



Skull, as compared Avith that of C. andersoni, more thickly built 

 throughout, the brain-case higher and rounder, and the interorbital 

 region broader. Palatal foramina long, rather narrow, I'eaching 

 back very nearly to the level of the front of m\ Posterioi- nai'es 

 of typical Evotomi/s-'\^i<d,t(^vn. ; but the ridge that runs forwards in 

 continuation of the pterygoid processes is unusually sharply 

 developed as it approaches the overhanging palatal ledge. Bulhe 

 large and rounded. 



Incisors broaxl and heavy in old specimens. Molars of normal 

 pattei'n ; the degree to which enamel-spaces are confluent is 

 variable, as usual in this group. Last lobe of m'^ sometimes 

 elongated, sometiines quite short. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in skin : — Head and body 

 116 mm. ; tail 45 ; hind foot 18"5 ; ear 13. 



Sku.ll — greatest length 27 "1 mm. ; basilar length 24 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 1.5 ; length of nasals 8'3 ; interorbital bi-eadth 4 ; height 

 from alveolus of ni" to supraorbital edge 8'2 ; diastema 7'9 ; 

 palatal foramina 5'3 x 1'5 ; length of upjoer molar series (crowns) 

 6-1. 



Four other specimens measure as follows : — 



Tijpe. Old male. B.M. No. 6.12.6.89. Original number 661. 

 Collected 25 November, 1905, at Min-gyong. 



When in the fully-developed rufous pelage, this fine species 

 surpasses any known member of the group in the richness of its 

 body-colour ; and at all stages it may be readily recognised by 

 its proportions and cranial characters. 



