SUMMARY OF TRE INDIAN MAMMAL SURVEY, 789 



Nilgiris (B. M.) ; Junagadh ; Palan- 

 pur ; Khandesh ; Niniar ; Central 

 Provinces ; Satara ; Dharwar ; Bel- 

 lary; Mysore; Coorg (M. S. I.). 



Co-types :— B. M. No. 30 b.c, &c. 

 (Co-types of providens, Elliot, are 

 the same as those of kok). 



Lectotype: — B. M. No. 30 c. 



Gen. III. — Nesokia. 



This name, used by Blanford for the whole group, was 

 restricted by Thomas (I.e. supra) to include only the short 

 tailed mole-rat of northern India, which also has representatives 

 as far north and west as the Caspian Sea and Egypt. 



In my paper, twice quoted above, 



I pointed out that the name 



hardwickei was antedated by indica, 



No. 294. hardwickei, Gray. G. and H. Out of ten species of 



this genus, dealt with in that 

 place, only four belong to our fauna, and these may be arranged 

 in a key as follows : — 



Key to the species of Nesokia. 



A. — Coat soft and silky. 



a. Colour duller, rufous brown. 



a.^ Fore-claws long and sharp ... 1. indica, G. & H. 



6.' Fore-claws short and blunt ... 2. griffithi, Horsf. 



6. Colour ochraceous ... ... ... 3. huttoni, Blyth. 



B. — Coat harsh ... ... ... ... 4. beaba,yVi\ 



Distribution : — 



1. N. indica. Gray and Type locality: — "India." 



Hardwicke. OtJier locality : — Kajputana (B. M.). 



Type :— B. M. No. 99a. (Type of 

 hardwickei the same). 



2. N. griffithi, Horsfield. Type locality :— " Pushut," N. W. 



Frontier. (Griffiths). 



Other localities : — Kuram Valley ; 

 Kohat ; Hassan Abdul; Rawal Pindi 

 (B.M.); Kumaon (M. S. I.). 



Type :— B. M. No. 79.11.21.401. 



3. iV. ^witom, Blyth. Type locality: — Kandahar (Hulton). 



Other localities: — Baluchistan (Blan- 

 ford) ; Quetta (Quetta Museum) 

 (B. M.) ; Sukkur, Sind (M.S.I.). 



Tyye:—B. M. No. 79.11.21.499. 



