396 MR. J. L. BONHOTE ON THE [Nov. 28, 



Habitat. Kuatmi, IST.W. Fokien. 



The typical series, all from Kuatun, are the only ones at present 

 known. 



MiCROMYS MINUTUS PYGM^US (A. M.-E.). 



Mus pygmceus A. M.-Edw. Rech. Mamm, p. 291, pi. xliii. %. 1 

 (1874) ; Thos. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 775. 



Mus minutus pygmceii.s B. -Hamilton, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 ser. 7, vol. iii. p. 343 (1899). 



This is the Chinese representative of our European Harvest- 

 Mouse, from which it differs in its rather longer tail and dai'ker 

 colour. The general colour above is of a uniform olive-brown, 

 rather more I'ufous on the hind-quarters. The under parts are 

 greyish white. Hands and feet scantily clothed with brownish 

 hair. Tail equal in length or longer than the head and body, 

 clothed with minute and almost invisible setse. 



The skull, which is typical of the genue, has a moderately broad 

 brain-case, but is rather short in the muzzle. The bullse are 

 large for the size of the skvill, and project sharply downwards, com- 

 pressing the basioccipital at its anterior portion. 



Dimensions of a dried skin from Kuatun. Head and body 

 58 mm. ; tail 61 ; hind foot 14*. 



Skull. Greatest length 19 mm.; basilar length 17; palatilar 

 length 8 ; diastema 5 ; length of incisive foramina 3*6 ; length of 

 nasals 6 ; interorbital breadth 3*7 ; breaxlth of brain- case 9 ; 

 length of molar series 3*8. 



Habitat. Sze-chvien. Specimens in the British Museum from 

 Kuatun and Shanghai. 



Nothing further is known of the distribution or habits of this 

 species. The Japanese Harvest-Mouse recently described by 

 Mr, Thomas is more rufous and resembles the European one more 

 closely than the Chinese. 



MiCEOMYS AGRAEIUS MANCHURICUS (TllOS.). 



Mu,s agra7-ius mantcliuricus Thos. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 774. 



This is the Northern Chinese form of Mus agrariiis, from 

 typical examples of which it difters only to a slight extent. It is 

 slightly larger and more rufous in its general tone of colour. The 

 dark median dorsal stripe is black and very clear cut, and starting 

 from the crown reaches to the root of the tail. Under parts grey 

 with a tinge of rufous along the middle line. Tail dark brown 

 above, lighter below, well covered with short hairs. 



The skidl does not materially differ from that of M. agrarius 

 typicus. 



Dimensions (of type after Thos.). Head and body 116 mm.; 

 tail 78 ; hind foot 19 ; ear 14. 



* The measx;rements of the type as given bj' M. M.-Edwards are : head and body 

 73, tail 53, ear 5, hind foot 18 ; but on the discrepancies between the tail and hind- 

 foot measurements see O. Thomas, loc. cit. supra. 



