32 DIPODID.E. HYSTRICID.E. 



Family DIPODID^E. 

 Genus DIPUS. 



178. Dipus agyptius (Hasselq.). Jerboa. 

 Hob. Egypt. 



a. Male. Presented by tbe Hon. Mrs. Stuart, Sept. 9, 1861. 



b. Presented by B. Cochrane Willis, Esq., Feb. 5, 1862. 



Family HYSTRICULE. 

 Genus HYSTRIX. 



179. Hystrix africa australis, Peters. South African Por- 



cupine. 

 Hob. Europe and Africa. 



a. Presented by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, Nov. 12, 1860. 

 From South Africa. 



180. Hystrix leucura, Sykes. Indian Porcupine. 

 Hab. India. 



a. Purchased, 1855. 



6, c. Presented by F. U. Rungell, Esq., July 8, 1862. 



d. Presented by A. Oswald Brodie, Esq., April 18, 1864. 



From Ceylon. 



e,f. Presented by Col. Thompson, Aug. 25, 1865. 

 g, h. Born in the Menagerie, April 12, 1866. 



181. Hystrix malabarica, Day. Orange-quilled Porcupine. 

 Hab. Malabar. 



a-c. Presented by Sir William Thomas Denison, K.C.B., 

 Dec. 22, 1864. Specimens described and figured, P. Z. S. 

 1865, p. 352, PI. XVI. 



d. Born in the Menagerie, April 25, 1865. 



182. Hystrix javanica, F. Cuv. Javan Porcupine. 

 Hab. Java. 



a. Received in exchange, May 2, 1860. 

 6, c. Received in exchange, May 30, 1860. 



183. Hystrix grotii (Gray). Grote's Porcupine. 

 Hab. Malacca. 



a. Presented by A. Grote, Esq., C.M.Z.S., April 18, 1866. 

 Specimen described as Acanthochcerus grotel, by Dr. Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 306, PL XXXI. 



