MiCROTUS MALCOLMI, Sp. n. 



A medium-sized species with high arched skulL 



Head and body 103 mm. ; tail 40 ; hind foot 17. Skull 26-2 x 15. 



Hah. S.E. of Tau-chow, Kansu. Type. Male. No. 2245. 



MiOROTUS IRENE, Sp. n. 



Skull flattened ; brain-case small in proportion to muzzle. 

 Mj with only four closed spaces. 



Head and body 98 mm.; tail 37; hind foot 18. Skull 24-2 x 

 14-8. 



Hah. Ta-tsien-lu, Sze-chwan. Type. Female. No. 2396. 



Myospalax cansus shenseius, subsp. n. 



Colour warmer than in true cansus. Tooth-row decidedly 

 longer. 



Head and body 178 mm.; tail 54; hind foot 30. Upper 

 tooth-row (alveoli) 11 "9. 



Hah. Yu-lin-fu, Shensi. Type. Male. B.M. No. 9.1.1,216. 



Rhizomys davidi, sp. n. 



Soft fur and short tail of li. vesUtus, but skull scarcely larger 

 than in R. siiiensis. 



Head and body 350 mm. ; tail 69 ; hind foot 42. Skull 66 x 

 49' 5. 



Hah. Kuatun, Fo-kien. Type. Female. B.M. No. 96.12.1.6. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, February 21st, 1911, at half- past Eight 

 o'clock P.M., when the following communications will be 

 made : — 



1. Dr. H. G. Plimmer, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Pres.R.M.S . 



Report on the Deaths which occurred in the Zoological 

 Gardens during 1910. 



2. R. Lydekkbr. 



On Tragelaphus buxtonl, an Antelope from Abyssinia. 



3. Edward G. Boulenger . 



A Contribution to the Study of the Variations of the Common 

 Salamander {■Salainaiidra laacaloaa). 



