VOL. XIII, PP. 163-164 OCTOBER 31, 1900 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THB 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW GERBILLE FROM EASTERN TURKESTAN.* 



BY GERRIT 8. MILLER, JK. 



Three specimens of G-erbillns collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in 

 Eastern Turkestan near Aksu and in the jungle east of, Maral- 

 bashi have heretofore been referred with some hesitation to 6r. 

 przewodskii Biichner, a species known from a few localities in 

 the Tarim Valley near Lob Nor on the opposite side of the 

 Desert of Gobi. A paratype of Biichner's animal received in 

 exchange from the St. Petersburg Museum shows that the iden 

 tification of the Aksu specimens is incorrect and that they rep 

 resent a distinct and easily recognizable species. 



Gerbillus arenicolor sp. nov. 



Type adult male (skin and skull), No. 02,143 United States National 

 Museum, collected in the jungle on Yarkand River, east of Maralbashi, 

 Eastern Turkestan, February 9, 1894. 



Character*. In size and form similar to Gerbillus przewalxkii Biichner, 

 but color light sandy gray instead of pale yellowish buff. 



Color. Dorsal surface of body and head a fine sandy grizzle produced 

 by a mixture of pale buff, dark brown, and pale ecru-drab, the brown 

 most conspicuous near median line, but never in excess of the paler 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



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