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pe black; lateral dorsal dark stripes Fuscous Black mixed with Russet; outermost dorsal dark stripes slightly darker or indistinguishable from sides in color; dorsal light stripes grayish white with Mikado-Brown along margins; outermost pair of dorsal light stripes nearly pure white; sides Russet mixed with Cinnamon or Ochraceous-Tawny; rump and thighs Smoke Gray mixed with Cinnamon-Buff, with a larger or smaller number of Fuscous Black hairs; antipalmar and antiplantar surfaces of feet Cinnamon-Buff; dorsal surface of tail black; ventral surface of tail Sayal Brown to Tawny; underparts white with dark underfur. _Skull_ and _Baculum_: As in _E. u. umbrinus_. _Comparisons._--From _E. u. inyoensis_, the subspecies to the west, _E. u. adsitus_ differs in: General tone of upper parts darker; sides darker; interorbital region wider; skull significantly deeper. For comparison with _E. u. umbrinus_, _E. u. sedulus_, and _E. u. montanus_, see the accounts of those subspecies. _Remarks._--Specimens from West Rim, Zion National Park, 6,500 ft., Washington County, Utah, seem to be intergrades between _E. u. adsitus_ and _E. u. inyoensis_, and are referable to _E. u. adsitus_. _Specimens examined._--Total number, 34. =Utah=: _Beaver Co._: Britts Meadow, Beaver Range Mountains, 8,500 ft., 13 BS. Wayne Co.: Donkey Lake, Boulder Mountain, 10,000 ft., 4 UU. _Garfield Co._: Wildcat R. S., Boulder Mountain, 8,700 ft., 5 UU. =Arizona=: _Coconino Co._: De Motte Park, Kaibab Plateau, 3 BS; Bright Angel, Kaibab Plateau, 9 BS. =Eutamias umbrinus sedulus= new subspecies _Type._--Male, adult, skull, skin, and baculum, No. 158181 U. S. Nat. Mus. Biol. Surv. Coll.; from Mount Ellen, Henry Mountains, Garfield County, Utah; obtained on October 13, 1908 by W. H. Osgood; original No. 3667. _Diagnosis._--Size medium; general tone of upper parts dark reddish-brown; ventral surface of tail Ochraceous-Orange; sides Mars Yellow. _Description._--_Color pattern_: Crown Drab-Gray mixed with Fuscous; upper facial stripe Fuscous Black mixed with Sudan Brown; ocular stripe Sudan Brown mixed with black; submalar stripe Sudan Brown slightly mixed with black; anterior margin of ear Sudan Brown slightly mixed with black; hairs inside pinna, posteriorly, Warm Buff; posterior margin of ea
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