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Show 1905.] MAMMALS FROM JAPAN. 355 general way similar, but tlie broad bold outlines of E. bedfordice are replaced by a weaker and more rounded pattern, more like that of ordinary Evotomys, to which this species shows some approximation. But the teeth are rootless, and with m2 and m3 encapsuled as in Craseomys. Posterior section of m3 more complicated than in bedfordice, forming an inturned 0 , there being three re-entrant angles on each side of this tooth, the last at least half as deep as the two anterior ones. In E. bedfordice and E. rufocanus there is scarcely any trace of a third concavity on either side, while the two anterior re-entrant angles are exceedingly deep and bold. Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh:- Head and body 120 mm.; tail 54 ; hind foot (s. u.) 18-5 ; ear 13. Skull-greatest length 26-6 ; basilar length 22-7 ; zygomatic breadth 15; length of nasals 7'8 ; interorbital breadth 3'3 ; diastema 7 ; palatilar length 12*2; palatal foramina 5 ; length of upper molar series 5'1 ; breadth of front lamina of nr 0'9. Hcib. Northern Hondo. Type from near Morioka. Type. Adult male. B.M. No. 6.1.4.307. Original number 76. Collected 10 October, 1904. The second specimen (No. 44) is younger and therefore more greyish brown in colour, and its teeth are more angular than those of No. 76. But I do not think that there is any doubt as to its belonging to the same species as the type. I have named this interesting Vole in honour of Mr. Anderson, its discoverer, who has so far carried out the Duke of Bedford's exploration with conspicuous success. 38. E v o t o m y s ( P h a u l o m y s ) s m i t h i i Thos. Evotomys (Phaulomys) smithii Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (7) xv. p. 493 (1905). cf . 146. $ . 160. Nakaomi, nr. Ohito, Izu Peninsula, S.E. Hondo. 400'. c f. 345, 346, 347, 348, 359, 360. $ . 333, 349, 350, 361, 362. Ochi, Kochi Ken, Shikoku. 1400'. c f. 267, 270, 271, 296, 297, 311. $ . 287, 291, 298. Jinrio, Takushima Ken, Shikoku. 500'. cf. 382,383,384. Kuma, Ehime Ken, Shikoku. 1200'. cf . 315. $ .316. Fukuhara, Tokushima Ken, Shikoku. 750'. cf . 325. Ikecla, Tokushima Ken, Shikoku. $ . 320. Yanainidane, Tokushima Ken, Shikoku. 160 0 '. cf . 387, 388, 399, 4 07 , 414, 4 24, 4 31, 4 45. $ . 386, 389, 400, 4 15, 439, 4 40, 4 41. Takamori, Kumamoto Ken, Kiushiu. c f. 465. $ . 448,449,450,455,457,468,469,470. Kawachi, Miyasaki Ken, Kiushiu. 1500'. cf . 478. Mitai, Miyasaki Ken. 1000'. This fine series, numbering 53 examples, of the new form of Red-backed Vole discovered by Mr. Gordon Smith, adds considerably to our knowledge of its variation and distribution. It |
