1905.] MAMMALS FROM JAPAN. 361 



1. Maoacus puscatus, Bly. 



c?. Owston Collection. Nos. 1, 3, 4. $ . 2, 5. 

 These specimens are dark in colour, but not darker than some 

 of the Shikoku examples. 



2. MOGEKA WOGURA KANAI, Subsp. n. 



c?. 560, 561, 564, 566, 569, 571, 573, 574. $. 562, 563. 

 Miyanoura, Yakushima. Sea-level. 



Two specimens in the Owston Collection. 



A small insular form, rather larger than the typical loogura of 

 Yokohama, far smaller than the large kohece of S.W. Hondo, 

 Shikoku, and the Oki Islands. Colour rather dark, tending towards 

 slaty ; not so brown as in kohece. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — 



Head and body 138 mm. ; tail 14 ; hind foot 19. 



Skull — greatest length 35 ; basal length 30"3 ; greatest breadth 

 16'6 ; front of upper canine to back of m^ 12*8. 



Lengths of six other skulls, all male — 36"2, 36*5, 35*1, 34"9, 

 36-5, 35-4. 



Type. Old male. B.M. No. 6.1.4.394. Original number 569. 

 Collected 13 June, 1905. 



The recurrence of a small Mole at the south-west corner of the 

 Japanese Islands, separated from the other small one of N.E. 

 Hondo by the large kohece, renders it a difficult matter to know 

 how best to name the different forms. But as in my paper 

 describing kohece the original loogura is allocated to the Yokohama 

 animal, it seems better to maintain that reference in the absence 

 of direct evidence to show that loogtira was given to the small 

 Mole now described. 



The extreme uniformity in the size of the specimens is very 

 noteworthy. 



At the instance of Mr. Robert Andeison I have used for this 

 Mole the name of Mr. K. Kanai, a native Japanese helper, to 

 whom he and his brother were much indebted for assistance. 



Mr. Anderson states that the Mole is exceedingly common in 

 Yakushima, where the damp climate no doubt produces a plentiful 

 crop of earthworms. 



3. OaocmuRA dsi-nezumi umbrina Temm. (?). 

 $ . 547. Miyanoura. 40'. 



" Caught in forest of large trees and bamboo undergrowth." — 

 H.V.A. 



This Shrew is rather darker and longer-tailed than tiie 

 ordinary Japanese C dsi-nezumi, and may represent the form 

 described by Temminck as Sorex timbrimis. 



4. Mus MOLOssiNus Temm. 

 (3 . Miyanoura, Yakushima. 500'. 



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