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According to Dr. Anderson "this form was first described by Hutton 

 as a probable variety of certain hedgeliogs which he doubtfully regard- 

 ed as E. coUaris, which two of them appear to have been, but this third 

 specimen, however, was E. j;icf(is. E. micropus has diverged from the 

 ordinary character of the genus more than any other Indian hedgehog, 

 as is evinced by the absence of the malar and in the excessively rudimen- 

 tary character of its second pi-emolar, and these modifications occurring 

 in the most southern outlier of a Palajartic type are note-worthy." 



Hab. — Sind (Kurrachee), Kutch, Eajpootana, Jeysulmeer, Agra, 

 Guzerat, Ulwar and Goona 



Erinaceus Grayi, Bennet, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 124. Erinaceus collaris, 

 Oray, III. Ind. Zool. vol. i., 1872. (not described) : id. List, Mam.. B.M. 

 1843, p. 81. partim : Hutton, Jouni. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xiv. 1845, 

 p. 351. (first two specimens only) ; Blyth, op. cit. vol. xv. 1846, p. 170 ; 

 id. op. cit. vol. xxii. 1853, p. 582, partim ; Wagnnr, Schrcher Sangcih, 

 Snppl. vol. V. 1856, p. 590 ; iStoUczka, Jonrn. As. Soc, vol. xli. 

 1872, p. 225; Ander.^on, J. A. iS. B. xlvii. p. 195; Murray, lldhh, 

 Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 73; Dohson, Monog. Insectlvora, pt. i. p. 17. 



Plate IV. 



Facial portion of head pointed and rather long (fig. d.). Ear, 

 (fig. g.) large, full, long, and somewhat pointed. Feet (fig. e. and _*/.) 

 large, forefeet rather broad and somewhat truncated, with moderately 

 long toes and powerful claws. The proximal palmar pads forming a 

 pair, and not very prominent. The hind feet with the toes turned in- 

 wards, the fi.ngers moderately long and with strong claws. The 

 proximal pad of the sole internal to the first toe, which is strongly 

 developed as a mesial pad in E. Jerdoni, is practically absent in this 

 species, so little is it developed. The tail (fig. h.) is moderately long 

 and shortly haired ; no bare space on the vertex. The spines begin 

 slightly behind the anterior margin of the ear, and they are generally 

 about 0'75* long. The longitudinal grooves are numerous and shallow, 

 but broader than the ridges, which are 25 to 26 in number, and studded 

 with small tubercles. . The spines are very narrowly tipped with black, 

 and below this there is a very narrow yellowish baud succeeded by 

 a broad dark brown, almost black band, the remainder of each spine 

 being yellow, except at its extreme base, which is dusky. The broad 

 dark brown band below the yellow subapical band is so strongly de- 

 veloped, that when the animal is viewed from the side with the spines 

 directed outwards, it has a black appearance. There is however consi- 

 derable variation in the intensity to which the yellow subapical band 

 is developed, and some animals are therefore much lighter coloured 

 than others, as the brown baiid succeeding the latter is also much 

 paler in some individuals than in others. 



This species, besides the almost entire absence of the proximal 

 mesial pad of the sole, is at once distinguished by the complete absence 

 of the bare space that occurs in E. fictus and E. 'micropus, among the 

 spines of the vertex. From the two last named species which have no 

 largo proximal pad on the sole, it is recognized by its large feet, well 

 developed toes, powerful claws^ and by the turning in of the hind feet, 



