PFXTINATOR. 101 



. The specific name segyptius was first used by Hasselquist, a 

 pre-Linnaean writer and is therefore incorrect; as is pointed out 

 by Thomas (Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), viii, p. 14), the proper name for 

 this species is Dipus jaculus of Linnaeus. 



a-d. 4 Ale, I skull nr. Alexandria, Egypt Purchased. 



2^2? 



e. Ale, skull $ Heluan, Egypt Purchased. 



/. Stuffed, skull Algeria A. Malherbe, A.S.B. 



Genus ALACTAGA. 



Alactaga, F. Cuvier Trans. Zool. Soc., ii, p. 131 (1841). Type, A. arundinis, 

 Scirtetes, Wagner Archiv f. Natur., vii, pt. i, p. 119 (184 1). 



Alactaga decumana. 



Mus jaculus, apud Pallas Nov. Sp. Quad, e Glir., p. 275, pi. xx., (1778). 

 Dipus jaculus, Gmelin Syst. Nat., i, p. 157 (1788) [pt] ; Brandt Bull, Acad. 



St., Peters., ii, p. 220*. 

 Dipus spiculum, Lichtenstein Abhand. Akad. Berlin., 1825, P- JS4> P'- vii 



(1828). 

 Dipus ducumana, Lichtenstein Abhand. Akad. Berlin, 1825, p. 154, pi, vi 



(1828); Blanford Persia, p. 78. 

 Dipus vexillarius, Everstnann Bull. Nat. Mosc, p. 42 (1840). 



Distribution. — Central Asia extending southwards to Bushire. 

 a. Skin, skulL nr. Bushire Sir O. St. John. . 



Alactaga indica. 



Alactaga indica, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., x, p. 262 (1842) ; Hutton J. A. S. 



5., XV, p. 137/ Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 149/ Blanford Persia, p. 



77; P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S., 1880, p. 538; Thovias Linn. Trans. (2) v, 



p. 60. 

 Alactaga bactriana, Blyth Cat. no. 352, p. no (1863). 



Distribution. — Afghanistan from the Simkoh hills southwards to 

 Baluchistan and eastwards to Shiraz. 



a. Ale, skull Katru, nr. Shiraz W. T. Blanford. 



b. Skin Afghanistan (Griffith) India Mus , London. 



c. Stuffed Afghanistan Old Collection, A. S. B. 



Genus PECTINATOR. 



Pectinator, Blyth J. A.S. B., xxiv, p. 294, (1855). Type, P. spekii. 



Pectinator spekii. 



Pectinator spekii, ^S/yifA J. A._ S. B., xxiv, p. 294 (1855); Heuglin Nova 

 Acta Acad. Leap. Caro. (3), viii, 1861, p. I, pi. ii ; Blyth Cat, no. 427, p. 

 130; Blanford Abyssinia, -p. 2^1, 



