CLASSIFICATION OF THE BANDICOOTS. 741 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body 164 mm. : tail 113 ; hind foot 30 ; ear 16. 



Skull : basilar length 35 ; zygomatic breadth 26 ; alveolar length 

 of upper molar series 8*5. 



Hab. Pithoro, Central Sind Desert. 



Type. Old female. B. M. No. 8.9.13.9. Original number B.G. 2. 

 Collected at the instance of the Bombay Government on 24th 

 September 1907, and presented to the Natural History Museum 

 by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



(8) Nesokia bailwardi, Thomas. 



1907. NesoJcia bailwardi, Thomas, Ann. & Mag., Nat. Hist. xx. p. 199. 



Fur of medium length (15 mm.), very fine and soft. 



Pale tips of hairs short, buffy, giving a general colour above near 

 " wood-brown," greyish white below. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body 167 mm. ; tail 123 ; hind foot 33 ; ear 24. 



Skull : basilar length 37 ; zygomatic breadth 27 ; alveolar length 

 of upper molar series 8*5. 



There is a strong resemblance between this species and N. grijfithi, 

 but the stouter teeth of the latter easily distinguish it ; both these 

 forms are separated at once from JS. beaba by the coarse bristly 

 coat of this last species. 



Hab. South shore of Caspian Sea. 



(9) Nesokia huttoni, Blyth. 



1846. Nesokia huttoni, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 139. 



Fur very soft, close, and fairly long (20 mm. on back). 



General colour above a bright fawn, fading to greyish white on 

 the belly. Hands, feet, and tail flesh-colour. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body 150 mm. ; tail 100 ; hind foot 30. 



Skull : basilar length 38 ; zygomatic breadth 26 ; alveolar length 

 of upper molar series 8*5. 



Hab. Kandahar. The Museum has also specimens collected by 

 Blanford at Tong and K a lagan in Baluchistan. 



(10) Nesokia satunini, Nehring. 



1880 (?). NesoJcia boettgeri, Radde & Walter, Zool. Jahrb. iv. p. 1036. 



1899. Nesokia huttoni satunini, Nehring, S. B. Ges. naturf . Fr. Berl. vii 

 p. 108. 



