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but is readily distinguishable by the much smaller size of p^. In 

 this resjDect Swinhoe's Chefoo example, and the two obtained in 

 the same place by Mr. Anderson, closely agree with the type of 

 E. dealbaius ; and so far as our material goes I should not consider 

 Prof. Matschie's E. tschifuensis distinct from Swinhoe's species, 

 especially as the present series shows how variable the characters 

 of the nasal sutures may be. The Chefoo specimens have from 

 10 to 20 per cent, of tlaeir sjjines wholly white, such spines being 

 in E. miodon conspicuous by their absence. 



Dr. Satunin * has described two Hedghogs from Chingan and 

 Ussuri respectively, but both have many white spines mixed with 

 the dark ones. He makes no reference to the earlier described and 

 evidently closely related E. orientalis Allen t, from Vladivostok, 

 the describer of which in turn ignores E. decdhatus Swinhoe. 



" There appear to be large areas in North China where the 

 Hedghog is not found at all, and some places, of which the neigh- 

 bourhood of Yu-lin-fu is one, where they are remarkably common. 

 At the time we were at Yu-lin (April to May) the neighbouring 

 desert was alive with several «j)ecies of beetle upon which the 

 Hedghog fed. 



" The Hedghog seemed to be unknown in the vicinity of Pau- 

 teh-chow, Shan-si, but at Ning-wu-fu we heard reports of them, 

 though we saw none ourselves. 



" Chinese name, ' Tsi-wei ' t {tsi- a thorn or spine).'' — 21. P. A. 



The British Museum also contains another Hedghog from Shen-si 

 Province, collected by Father Hugh, and this again seems distinct 

 from axij hitherto described. It may be called 



Erinaceus htjghi. 



Thos. Abstr. P. Z. S. 1908, p. 44 (Dec. 15). 



A very dark-coloured, finely speckled species, cjuite unlike any 

 of the other Chinese Hedghogs. Spines light basally as in 

 E. miodon, but the dark ring is much broader, and is followed by 

 quite a narrow light ring, only about 0-5 to O'S mm. in length, 

 the point for about the same length being again dark. As a 

 result the whole animal is very dark with a fine whitish ticking, 

 and has quite a different appearance to the broadly washed whitish 

 of the other species. Head, limbs, and belly brown. 



Hind foot of type 38 mm. 



Hah. Paochi, Shen-si. 



Tyj^e. Adult female. B.M. No. 0.6.27.2. Presented and collected 

 by Father Hugh. 



The only species which this Hedghog might have been referred 

 to is E. hanensis Matsch., but I owe to the courtesy of 

 Prof. Matschie some spines from the type of that animal, and 

 these show quite a marked (difference in the general coloration, 



* Ann. Mus. Petersb. xi. pp. 170-173, 1907. 

 t Bull. Amer. Mus. xix. p. 179, 1903. 



t For the Chinese names given in this paper we are indebted to Mv. A. de 

 C. isowerbj'. 



