CLASSIFICATION OF THE BANDICOOTS. 739 



Fnr long (20 mm. on back, teste Blanford, I.e.), soft and silky. 



Pale tips of hairs pale fawn-colour on the back, whitish on the 

 belly. The general colour is thus very much as in N. brachyura (this 

 is confirmed by comparing Buchner's and Blanford's coloured figures 

 of the two animals). Hands, feet, and tail " flesh-colour. ' ; 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 168 mm.* ; tail 132 ; hind foot 43 ; ear 15. 



Skull : basilar length 40 ; zygomatic breadth 30 ; alveolar length 

 of upper molar series 11. 



Flab. Yarkhand. 



(3) Besokia bacheri, Nehring. 



1897. NesoJcia bacheri, Nehring, Zool. Anzerig. no. p. 547, 503. 



Nehring described this species from spirit-specimens, and gives no 

 details of fur-texture. He states the general colour to be reddish 

 brown. Hands, feet, and tail pale. He records the following 

 dimensions : — 



Head and body 268 mm.; tail 135 ; hind foot 40. 



Skull : basilar length 46 ; zygomatic breadth 32 ; alveolar length 

 of upper molar series 10. 



Hob. Palestine. 



(4) NesoJcia indica, Gray & Hardw. 



1832. Arvicola indica, Gray & Hardwicke, 111. Ind. Zool. i. pi. xi. 

 1837. Mus hardwichii, Gray Mag. N. H. i. p. 585. 



Fur rather coarse and short (15 mm. on back). 



The buff tips of the hairs rather long, which, as the coat is rather 

 thick, gives a general yellowish-brown coloration above ; belly dirty 

 white. Hands, feet, and tail flesh-colour. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body 210 mm. ; tail 110 ; hind foot 34. 



Skull : basilar length 39 ; zvgomatic breadth 30 ; alveolar length of 

 upper molar series 9. 



Hob. The locality of the type is merely recorded as " India." 

 There is, however, a series from the Sambhar Lake and Jeypur in 

 Rajputana in the National Collection which I believe to be this 



* The dimensions of the type were recorded by Dr. Scully as: " Total length 11"'« ; 

 tail 5" - 2." From this it has been deduced that the head and body measurement is f ' G"'6 "= 

 168 mm. ; but tfcis is palpably a mistake, probably between 250 and 260 mm. is the true 

 dimension. 



