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Mr. R, Lydekker, F.R.S., F.Z.S., communicated a paper " On 

 two Chinese Serow Skulls." 



Mr. E. I. PococK, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Superintendent of the Society's 

 Gardens, read a paper entitled " Warning Coloration in the 

 Musteline Carnivora," and exhibited skins of Skunk, Badger, &c., 

 to illustrate his argument. 



Dr. W. T. Calmax, F.Z.S., communicated a paper " On a new 

 River-Crab of the Genvis Gecarcinucios, from New Guinea." 



Mr. Oldpield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., read a paper on Mam- 

 mals collected in the Provinces of Shan-si and Shen-si, Northern 

 China, by Mr. M. P. Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's 

 Zoological Exploration of Eastern Asia. 33 species were included, 

 represented by 335 specimens, presented, as before, to the 

 National Museum by His Grace. 



The following were described as new : — 



Erinaceus miodon, sp. n. 



Near E. dealbatus, but penultimate upper premolar much 

 smaller, 2 mm. in diameter. 

 Hab. Yu-lin-fu, Shen-si. 

 Type. Male. Original number 1871. 



Erinaceus hughi, sp. n. 



Very dark-coloured, the usual light ends to the spines reduced 

 to a minute subterminal light band. 

 Hah. Paochi, Shen-si. 

 Type. Female. B.M. No, 0.6.27.2. 



Eutamias asiaticus ordinalts, subsp. n. 

 Allied to E. a. senescens, but much paler throughout. 

 Hah. Yu-lin-fu, Shen-si ; at edge of Ordos Desert. 

 Type. Female. Original number 1804. 



Eutamias asiaticus intercessor, subsp. n. 



Intermediate in general tone between subspp. senescens and 

 ordinalis. 



Hah. Ning-wu-fu, Shan-si. 

 Type. Female. No. 1972. 



CiTELLUS MONGOLICUS UMBRATUS, Subsp. n. 



General colour much darker than in true mongolicus, near 

 " isabella" of Ridgway. 



Hah. Taboul, Mongolian Plateau. 

 Type. Male. B.M. No. 8.3.5.5. 



