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fectly formed zygomatic arch. Second upper premolar well deve- 

 loped, in the same general line as the other teeth, and with three 

 roots. 



Colour very dark. The head and the ears outsidfe are grey 

 covered with white and dark brown or black hairs mixed, the inside 

 of the ears white. Chin, throat, and sides of neck whitish ; chest 

 whitish brown ; -remainder of lower parts, limbs, and tail dusky 

 brown, darkest posteriorly. 



Spines dusky at the base, then white, followed by a dark band, 

 then another white one, and a long black tip. This is the usual 

 coloration ; but on the forehead there are, in some cases at all 

 events, three white and three black rings ; again, in some speci- 

 mens the rings are less numerous than usual. 



Dimensions. Head and body 7'5 inches, tail 1-25, ear from base 

 1-4, hind foot without claws 1-5, longest spine 1*15 ; extreme length 

 of skull nearly 2, zygomatic breadth 1-1. 



Distribution. The Punjab and Sind. The most north-westerly 

 locality recorded is Thai, Karram valley. Specimens from Find 

 Dadun Khan, referred by Blyth to E. collaris, are identified with 

 the present species by Anderson. Other localities are Eajanpur, 

 Rohri, and Karachi. 



Nothing is known of the habits. 



A form allied to E. jerdoni, but distinguished by its larger size 

 and very long spines, E. macr acanthus, has been obtained at Kan- 

 dahar and at Dizak in Persian Baluchistan as well as in Persia, and 

 will in all probability be found in Eastern Baluchistan also *. It is 

 described and figured in ' Eastern Persia,' ii, p. 27, pi. i (see also 

 Scully, A. M. IN". H. ser. 5, viii, p. 224). The ears are large and 

 pointed. The spines on the head are divided, and the second pre- 

 molar three-rooted. The colour of the spines is usually black at 

 the tip and for the terminal third ; the basal two thirds brown, 

 with two white rings. The face is covered with black and white 

 hairs mixed ; lower parts to breast inclusive white ; abdomen 

 brown, becoming blackish behind ; tail and all limbs blackish brown. 

 Albino iudividuals appear common. Head and body 9-5 inches, 

 tail 1*25, ear from base 2, longest spines 1-5, length of skull 2-2. 



107. Erinaceus pictus. Stoliczkas Hedgehog. 



Erinaceus pictus, Stoliczka, J. A. S. . xli, pt. 2, p. 223 (1872) ; An- 

 derson, J. A. S. B. xlvii, pt. 2, p. 203, pi. iii. ; id. Cat. p. 159 ; 

 JDobson, Mon. Ins. p. 13. 



Spines commencing on the forehead in front of the ears, and 

 divided by a nude median space on the top of the head ; each 

 spine surrounded by seventeen to twenty-two finely tuberculated 

 ridges. Ears rounded, longer than in E micropwt, and rising, 



* Murray ('Indian Annals,' i. p. 118) states that he has this species from 

 Zandra and Sir-i-Bolan, near Quetta. 



