EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 



Skui^IvS of Nesokia, Gunomys and Bandicota. 



No. I. Gunomys bengalensis of Calcutta. 

 ,,2. ,, sp. of Amritsar. 



,, 3- „ „ of Simla. 



,, 4 and 5. Gunomys varius of Rangoon. 

 ,, 6. Bandicota nemorivaga of Calcutta. 

 ,,7. ,, indica of Madras city. 



,, 8 — 10. Skulls of Bandicota nemorivaga, Gunomys varius 



and Gunomys sp. of the Punjab, arranged to show 



their relative resemblances. 

 ,, II — 13. Gunomys sp. from Amritsar. 

 ,, 14 — 16. Nesokia sp. from Amritsar. 



Nos. II to 16 show the difference between the palatine 

 foramina of the two genera ; Nos. 12 and 15 are selected as an 

 average specimen of each. In No. 13 the palatine foramen is closed 

 posteriorly on the right side. In No. 14 the palatine foramen is of 

 unusual length for a Nesokia. Skulls like No. 11, in which the 

 palatine foramen is widely open posteriorly, are not common. 



