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h\ Median stripe bufFy 



white ... ... ... b. f. favonicus, Th. 



and Wr. 

 b\ Face like head, not och- 



raceoTis ... ... ... 6. p. olympius, Th. 



and Wr. 

 b\ All three dorsal stripes white, 

 a*. Size larger, head and body 



about 170 mm.... ... 7. pt-^^Vxiricns, Wr. 



6*. Size smaller, head and 

 body about 140 mm. 

 a\ A pinkish tinge on 



flanks ... ... 8. bengalensis, Wr. 



b\ No pinkish tinge on 



flanks ... ... 9. robertsoni, Wr. 



6'. Greatest length of skull 42 mm, 

 or more. 

 a. Dorsal stripes white. 



a'. Sizelarge, hindfoot 46 mm. 10. wroughtoni, ^j\. 

 6^ Size smaller, hind foot 41 



mm. ... ... ... 11. tristriatus, Wat. 



6". Dorsal stripes buff ... ... 12. t. nunmrius, Wr. 



b. Five pale dorsal stripes; no rnfous 

 mid-rib to tail. 

 a^ General colour darker... ... 13. pennanti, Wr. 



b^. General colour paler 



a^. Saddle dark grey ... ... 14. ^9. argentescens, 



b~. Saddle strongly suffused Wr. 



with fulvous ... ... 15. ^. lutescens, Wr. 



B. — Underside not white. 



a. Underside chestnut or orange. 



a^ Underside chestnut ; crown and 



cheeks coloured like the flanks. 16. layardi, my. 

 b^. Underside " yellowish orange " 



crown and cheeks " rich rufus 



orange" ... ... ... 17. dravidianus,^oh. , 



b. Underside drab. 



a^ Distance between pale dorsal 



stripes wider, 7 — 8 mm. ... 18. katJdeence, Th. 



and Wr. 

 6\ Distance between pale dorsal 



stripes narrow, 4 — 5 mm. ... 19. sublineatus, Wa- 



terh. 

 Note. — At the same time as F. dravidianus (Rec. Ind. Mus. 

 p. 42. 1917) mentioned above Robinson described a specimen 

 from Travancore as F. tristriatus annandalei. From that descrip- 



