688 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON 



2. Myotis myosotis ancilla Thos. 



<S • 2082, 2083, 2084. $. 2085. Shang-chou Dist., S.E. 

 Shen-si. 



The typical series {cf. P.Z.S. 1910, p. 636), no. 2082 (B.M. 

 No. 10.5.2,4.) the type. 



3. Crocidura attenuata M.-Eclw. 



(5.2009. King-tze-Kwan, S.W. Honan. 850'. 



4. Crocidura core^ Thos, 



cJ. 2185. 30 miles S. of Feng-hsiang-fu, S. Shen-si. 7000', 



5. Felis fontanieri M.-Edw. 



$ . 2038. Shang-chou District, S.E. Shen-si. 3000'. 

 This fine Leopard is a valuable accession to the Museum 

 collections. 



6. Felis microtis M.-Edw. 



J . 2176. 30 miles S. of Feng-hsiang-fu, S. Shen-si. 3600'. 



7. Viverra zibetha, subsp. ? 



2192. Native skin. 40 miles N. of Han-chung-fu, Shen-si. 



This specimen does not agree with the description of the Civet 

 called V. jilchneri by Matschie, but how far the colour-characters 

 used by him are likely to be diagnostic in so variable a group I 

 am not at pi'esent prepared to say. 



8. Paguma larvata Gray. 



5 . 2053. Shang-chou Dist., S.E. Shen-si. 2300'. 



9. VULPES sp. 



6 . 2178. 30 miles S. of Feng-hsiang-fu, S. Shen-si. 3600'. 



10. Lutreola sibirica Pall. 



J. 2070. Shang-chou Dist., S.E. Shen-si. 

 $.2118. Si-ngan-fu, Shen-si. 1200'. 



11. ArCTONYX LEUCOL^MUS ORESTES. 



Thos. Abstr. P. Z. S. 1911, p. 27 (May 2). 

 $. 2191 (young adult). Tsin-ling Mts., 34° N., 107° 45' E., 

 S.W. Shen-si. Alt. 12,000'. 25 Januar3^,1910. B.M. No. 11.6.1.6. 



Distinguished from the true leucolcemus of Peking by the 

 following characters : — 



Dark mai-k enclosing eye not broadly projected forwards and 

 downwards to the upper lip, but practically confined to a strong 

 spectacle-mark, barely half an inch broad, surrounding the eye ; 

 a narrow and indistinct line only running forwards to the base 

 of the whiskers, the upper lips quite white. Dark patch behind 

 mouth much i-educed, a trace only of it running forward to the 



