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recorded on a Travancore specimen : — Head and body 300 mm. ; tail 

 316 ; hind foot 55. The tail in malabarica seems to be constantly 

 long in proportion to the head and body, but I can scarcely think 

 that it is so to the extent claimed. I have only skulls (no skins; 

 from the Carnatic, but these agree with malabarica. The skuli 

 much resembles that of elliotana in size, but is even broader and more 

 coarsely made. 



The dimensions of the skull of an old female from Trevandrum 

 District are : — 



Greatest length 60 mm. ; basilar length 54 ; zygomatic breadth 

 33*5 ; nasals 24 ; diastema 21 ; upper molar series 10*5. 



Habitat. — Malabar Coast. 



So far as material is available for judging, the Ceylon form is not 

 separable from malabarica. It seems to have a proportionally shorter 

 tail, but the skulls of the two forms are closely alike. 



(3) Bandicota setifera, Horsf. 



1824. Mm setifer, Horsf. Zool. Res. Java. 



[Mm. icria, Hamilton, quoted by Horsfield ( I. c. ), but apparently 



never published.] 



A specimen quite recently received from Java shows that this 

 species very closely resembles B. indica. Even the small amount 

 of rufous tinge on the underfur of indica is absent in setifera. The 

 skull is slightly larger and coarser in all details than that of indica, 

 teeth are broader, bullse larger, &c. 



Dimensions of adult male (taken in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 290 mm. ; tail 245 ; hind foot 54 ; ear 31. 



Skull : greatest length 57 ; basilar length 50 ; zygomatic breadth 

 32 ; nasals 21 ; diastema 18 ; upper molar series 10'6. 



Habitat. — Java. 



(4) Bandicota elliotana, Anders. 



1878. Mus (Nesokia) elliotanus, Anders. J. A. S. B. xlvi. p. 231. 



Anderson's type, if extant, is not available for examination. He 

 probably mixed two forms, one from Calcutta, the other from 

 Purneah. The latter is probably identical with or closely related to 

 B. nemorivaga ; the former, judging by a specimen recently received 

 from the Indian Museum, is a good species. 



It is smaller than B. gigantea. It differs from all other forms of 

 this group by the absence of the " mantle " of long hairs which 



