MIOBOTTS. 431 



the tooth, two also near together farther back on an elongate 

 posterior lobe. First lower molar with 5 angles on each side, the 

 anterior pair very small and blunt. 



Colour above bright ferruginous brown, below pure white. Tail 

 and feet white. Basal half to three quarters of the fur leaden 

 black ; terminal portion on the back rufous-white, tipped darker 

 rufous, numerous rather longer dark rufous-brown tips inter- 

 mixed. 



Dimensions of dried skins : head and body 4 inches, tail without 

 hair 1, hind foot with claws 0-7 ; length of skull about 1-15. 



Distribution. Plateaus of Northern Ladak. One specimen ob- 

 tained in the Nubra valley, and one at Aktagh on the Upper 

 Tarkand Eiver. 



302. Microtus stracheyi. The Kumaon Vole. 



Cricetus songarus, Horsfield, Cat. p. 145, nee Pallas. 

 Arvicola stracheyi, Thomas, A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 322 (1880) ; 

 Blanford, J. A. S. B. 1, pt. 2, p. 98. 



Ears small, hairy, not extending beyond the fur. Thumb 

 rudimentary and clawless. Tail short, about one fifth the length 

 of the head and body, covered with short hair, the tip with longer, 

 extending half an inch beyond the end. Last upper molar with 2 

 strong internal and 4 weak external angles, the latter in pairs, the 

 posterior pair on the long narrow posterior lobe. First lower 

 molar with 5 internal and 5 external angles, the anterior on each 

 side ill-marked. 



Colour above rather light brown, below white, tail nearly white. 

 Base of fur blackish grey throughout, with, on the back, in the 

 only specimen examined, a whitish ring in the middle of the dark 

 portion (this may be an individual peculiarity) ; terminal portion 

 of dorsal hairs whitish, becoming brown at the tips. Some black 

 ends intermixed. 



Dimensions of a dried skin : head and body 3-7 inches, tail 

 without hair 0'7, hind foot 0-65. 



Distribution. Kumaun. A specimen from Dharmsala is also 

 referred to this species by Mr. W. Sclater. 



303. Microtus wynnei. The Murree Vole. 



Arvicola wynnei, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlix, pt. 2, p. 244 (1880) ; 



1, pt. 2, p. 99. 

 Kanis, H. 



Ears hairy, not extending beyond the fur. Thumb with a short 

 claw. Tail 3 to | the length of the head and body, clothed with 

 long hair at the base, and with short elsewhere. Hinder upper 

 molar with 2 inner and 3 outer angles, the posterior outer angle 

 ill marked, the tooth ends in a long narrow lobe. First lower 

 molar with 5 inner and 4 outer angles. 



