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Distribution : — 



1. H. coUaris, Gray aud Tijpe locality : — Unknown. 



Hardwicke. 



H. megaloiis, Blyth. 



Other localities: — Siiid ; Mnltan; 

 Eajpiitana (B. M.). Sind; Cutch ; 

 Paiaupur (M.S. I.). 



Tt/ps: — Unknown. (Typa o^ spa- 

 tanqus, Bennett — B. M. No. 55.12. 

 24..'84.). 



Ti/pi locality: — Kandahar. (Hntton). 



Ol/ier localities : — Cabul ; Afgha- 

 nistan ; Kandahar (B. M.). 



Co-type.-.— B. M. No. 79.11.21. 

 515 and 516, andlnd. Mus. Calc. No. 

 216. a. 



Lectotype :—B. M. No. 79.11.21. 

 515. 



Gen. II. — PARiECHINUF. 



No. 106. jerdoni. And. 

 No. 107. pictus, Stol. 

 No. 108. micropus, Bl. 



I published a paper on this gn)np 

 in 1910 (J. B. N. H. S. xx., p. 80). 

 I'or the reasons there given I 

 arrived at the conclusion that 

 jerdoni, And., must give way to 

 blanfordi. And. As to micropus, Bl., whose allocation is rendered 

 difficult by the extreme confusion in the wording of the paragraph 

 in which it is founded, I took it to be based on llutton's Bhawalpur 

 specimen, and I propose to continue this determination. The name 

 would therefore take the place o? pidas, Stol., for the northern 

 hedgehog, while nuiiventris, Horsf., replace 5 it for the southern 

 one. This list, as now amended, may be arranged in a key as 

 follows : — 



Key to the species oj Par^echinus. 



A. — Colour dark ; second premolar three 

 rooted. 

 a. Spines shorter, 20mm. 

 h. Spines longer, 30mm. 



B. — Colour pale ; second premolar single 

 rooted. 

 a. Zygomatic arch complete ... 

 h. Zygomatic arch incomplete, malar 

 absent ... 



1. blanfordi, And. 



2. macracanthus, 



Blanf. 



3. micropus, Bl. 



4. nud'ventris, 



Horsf. 



