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I liave named it in liouour of Prof. N. Th. Kuslitclienko, 

 of tl»e Tomsk Museum^ lo whose kindness we are indebted 

 for the specimen and in whose many valuable papers so 

 much of our knowledge of Central Asian small mammals is 

 cuulained. 



Ellohius talpiniis transcaspice, subsp. n. 



Size and other essential characters of true talpiniis, but 

 the colour nuirkedly bicolor as in tuncrei and alhicatus, the 

 sides anil under surface washed with white. Head scarcely 

 darkened. 



Skull as in taljiinus. M^ between Biichner's figures 4 

 and 5. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :■ — 



llead and body (c.) 103 mm.; hind foot 21*5. 



Skull : nasal tip to back of inteiparietal 24 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 20'7 ; nasals 7'5 ; interorbital breadth 6 ; inter- 

 parietal 'dx'oQ ; [)alatilar length 15 ; diastema 10*2; upper 

 molar series (crowns) G'8. 



Hah. Transcaspia. J^lip^ from " Sultan-Bent." A 

 second specimen obtained by the same collector at Aschabad. 



T(/pe. Adult female. B.M. no. 94.8. 7. IG. Collected by 

 T. Barey. lieceived in exchange from the Branicki Museum, 

 Warsaw. 



The Transcaspian Ellohius has the characteristic contrasted 

 bicolor coloration of E. tancrei, with the cranial and dental 

 characters of E. talpinus-. Eversmann's E. rufescens would 

 seem to be simply the rufous Astrachan form of ialpinus, 

 the sides and under surface not specially whitened. From 

 E. intermedius, Scully (if different from E. juscocapilluSy 

 Blyth), it is distinguishable by its less complicated m^ 



38. Sicista hetuh'na, Pall. 



(J. 154. 100 miles S.E. of Minnusinsk, Upper Yenisei. 

 1000'. 



(?. 182. Syansk Mts., 100 miles west of Lake Baikal. 

 4000'. 



39. Jaculus telum, Licht. 



? . 264. Barlik Mts., N.W. Dzungaria. 2500'. 



40. Allactaga saltato?', Eversra. 



S. 209 (young adult). Suok, eastern slope, Great Altai. 

 7600'. 



