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Distribution : — 



(7. peguensis, Blytli. Type locality : — Schwe Gyeii (Berd- 



more) . 



Other localities : — Malay Peninsula ; 

 S. W. Siam (B. M.) ; Tenasserim (M. 

 S. L). 

 , Type : — Ind. Mns. Calc. No. a. 



Gen. XX. — Apodemus. 



No. 286. arianus, Blanf. There is I believe no reliable record 



No. 284. .sublimis, Blanf. of the occtirrence of sublimis within 



onr limits, while arianus was given 

 to a Persian species. I wrote a note on these animals in 1908 (J. 

 B. N. H. S., xvii, p. 280) in which I recognised three forms, rank- 

 ing them all as subspecies of sylvaticus L., of Europe. One of these 

 having been found to bear the preoccupied name griseus, True, 

 Millei- has substituted the name rusiges. These names may be 

 arranged in a key as follows : — 



Key to the subspecies (Indian) of Apodemus sylvaticus. 



A. — Tail at least as long as the head and body. 



a. Larger, hind-foot 23 mm.; colour 



darker, ochraceous brown ... 1. .§. rusiges, Mill. 



b. Smaller, hind-foot 21 mm. ; colour 



paler, drab ... ... ... 2. ,s. wardi, Wr. 



B. — Tail shorter than head and body ; 



hind-foot 21 mm. ... ... ... o. s. p>entax,y^v. 



Distribution : — 



1. A. s. rusiges, Miller. Type locality: — Central Kashmir. 



(Abbott). 



Other localities : — Kashmir (Ward) 

 (B. M.). 



Co-types. — U. S. Nat. Mus. Nos. 



20139 20144 -. 201.11 

 35502" 35507 ^ 355 u' 



Type locality: — Saspul, 9,000' — 

 11,500', Ladak. (Ward— Crump). 



Other localities : — Ladak : Skardo 

 (Whitehead) (B. M.). 



Type:—B. M. No. 7. 12. 16. 2. 



Type locality : — Thandiani, Punjab. 

 (Maj. Magratii). 



Other localities : — Hazara ; Murree 

 (Dunn). (B. M.). 



Type:—B. M. No. 7. 8. 1. 4 



2. A. s. wardi, Wrough- 

 ton. 



3. A. s. pentax, Wrough- 

 ton. 



