SORICULUS SACRATUS, Sp, n. 



Allied to S. caudatus, but brain-case smaller. 



Head and body 60 mm. ; tail 54 ; hind foot 14. Skull 18'1 X 9-5, 



Hab. Omi-san. T^/pe. Female. No. 2485. 



Ohodsigoa smithii, sp. n. 



Proportions of tail as in Ch. hypsihia, but size much larger. 

 Head and body 85 mm. ; tail 68 ; hind foot 18. Skull 22*5 x 

 10-5. 



Bob. Ta-tsien-lu. Ttjpe. Male. No. 2349. 



MUSTELA russelliana, sp. n. 



Size excessively small. Colour nearly as in M. kathiah. Tail 

 not tufted. 



Head and body 133 mm. ; tail 54 ; hind foot 22. Skull 29-3 X 

 15'2. 



Hah. Ta-tsien-lu. Type. Female. No. 2388. 



Epimys excelsior, sp. n. 



Allied to E. conftociamcs, but larger. Skull longer and 

 slenderer. 



Head and body 178 mm. ; tail 193 ; hind foot 30. Skull 39. 

 Upper molars 6*8. 



Rab. Ta-tsien-lu. Type. Male. No. 2379. 



Epimys andersoni, sp. n. 



Still larger than JiJ. excelsior ; tail very long. 

 Head and body 164 mm. ; tail 248 ; hind foot 37. Skull 43. 

 Molars 8-2. 



Hah. Omi-san, Sze-chwan. Type. Female. No. 2478. 



Apodemus fergussoni, sp. n. 



General characters of A . agrarius, but no trace of a dorsal line. 

 Head and body 107 mm.; tail 98; hind foot 24; ear 15. 

 Skull 27-7. 



Hab. "Wen-hsien County, S. Kansu, Type. Female. No. 2296. 



Proedromys bedfordi, g. &, sp. nn. (Microtinse). 



Incisors grooved. M^ with posterior lobe cylindrical, external. 

 Fur very long. 



Head and body 103 mm. ; tail 41 ; hind foot 18. Skull 26 x 16. 

 Hab. S.E. of Min-chow, Kansu. Ty2}e. Female. No. 2214. 



MiCROTUS (CaRYOMYS) EVA, sp. n. 



(Caryomys, subg. n. — Type, M. inez Thos.) 

 Allied to M. mez, but tail very much longer. 

 Head and body 88 mm. ; tail 50 ; hind foot 16-5. Skull 22-6 x 

 13-5. 



Hab. Near Tau-chow, Kansu. 2'y2ye. Male. No. 2238. 



