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Size considerably larger than G. bengalensis. Fur sparse, harsh 

 and rather short (15-17 mm. on the back). General colour above 

 mingled buff and black (or very dark brown); individual hairs slaty 

 brown with buff tips, with, however, large proportion of rather 

 longer black hairs. Under surface dirty white, the hairs white to 

 their bases. Hands and feet pale brown above, whitish on the sides. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh ) : — 



Head and body 243 mm.; tail 195 ; hind foot 41 ; ear 24. 



Skull: greatest length 48; basilar length 40; zygomatic 

 breadth 28; brain-case breadth 18 - 5 ; interorbital breadth 7 3; 

 nasals 15*5 ; diastema 15 ; upper molar series 8*3. 



Hob. Konkan Districts of Bombay. (Type from Kolaba Dist.) 



Type. Old male. B. M. No. 8. 9. 13. 1. Original number W. L. 193. 

 Collected 8th July by the Rev. W. l^rd and presented to the 

 Natural History Museum by the Bombay Nat. Hist. Society. 



(7) Gunomys stndicus, sp. n. 



A Gunomys of the kok group and closely resembling G. lordi, but 



smaller in size. 



Size as in G. bengalensis. Fur as in G. lordi, but slightly less 



harsh. General colour above paler than in lordi, the pale tips of 



individual hairs lighter and extending to nearly half their length ; 



below pale whitish grey, basal half of individual hairs very pale 



grey, the rest white. 



Skull much as in Lordi, but smaller in all dimensions. Basal two- 

 thirds of anterior margin anteorbital plate evenly concave. Teeth : 

 incisors rather lighter than in lordi, molars as in that species. 



Dimensions of type (measured in the flesh J :- 



Head and body 199 mm. ; tail 165 ; hind foot 33 ; ear 23. 



Skull : greatest 45 ; basilar length 39 ; zygomatic breadth 2(r5 ; 

 brain-case breadth 17 3 ; interorbital breadth 6 ; nasals 12'6 ; dias- 

 tema 14-i ; upper molar series 83. 



I Jab. Lower Said. (Type from Pithoro, Oantral Sind Desert.) 



Type. Old female. B. M. No. 8. 9. 13 7. Original number 

 B. G. 53. Collected under instructions from the Bombay Govern- 

 ment, and presented to the Natural History Museum by t.ia B jmbay 

 Nat. Hist. Society. 



This species, though somewhat resembling G. lordi, is easily 

 separable on size. Tne dimensions of an exceptionally large male 



