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pencillatc at the tip, blackish at base above, whitish beneath, 

 the distal third whitish above also. Ears extremely finely 

 haired, almost naked. 



Skull -—Except for the large size of the teeth there is 

 nothing especially peculiar about the skull. It is lightly built 

 and even in very aged specimens not heavily ridged, nor does 

 it present the marked cranial flattening present in rats of the 

 surifer group. Nasals are slender, pointed posteriorly and 

 extend up to or beyond the maxillary suture. Mesopterygoid 

 space markedly horse-shoe shaped, the palatal foramina long, 

 extending behind the roots of the anterior molars. Ante orbital 

 plate broad, projecting slightly forwards, zygomata slender. 

 Bullae small but not flattened. 



Specimens examined : — Over sixty of all ages. 



Measurements : — For detailed measurements see pp. 96, 97. 



Ill - pretty rat was extremely abundant on the Gedeh 

 and Pangerango at high elevations, becoming scarce below 

 about 5,600 feet. It was seen throughout the day and at 

 Kandang Badak no trap remained set for more than a very 

 few minutes. 



In the crater of the Gedeh it was observed in numbers 

 feeding on the pods of a leguminous tree (Piihecolobium) . 



Remarks: — This species belongs to a group of which the 

 following can be stated to be members, though the section 

 probably contains other Chinese forms regarding which we 

 are not in a position to make any remarks. From comparison 

 with the type the present form is closest to R. brahina (Thos). 



1. Mus Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal and 



Tibet B.M. (1), p. 18 m. Nepal. 



2. Epimys eha, Wroughton, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



Bombay, xxiv, p. 420 (1916). Sikkim (8,1 

 j. Epimys lepcha, Wroughton, loo cit. supra, p. 428. 



Sikkim (5.350 feet.) 



4. Rattus Kloss, Records Indian Mus. xiii, p. 8 



(1917). {Mus cinnamouieus, Blyth nee Pictet.) 

 Shwegyin, Tenasserim. 



5. Epimys brahina, Thomas, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bom- 



bay, xxiii, p. 231 (1914). 



Anzong Valley, Mishmi Hills. 

 The following an intly related and possibly 



form a connecting link between tins group and the cremori- 

 venter section. 



G. Epimys Miller, Smithsonian Misc. < ol!. 



vol. 61, p. 21 (1913). 



Mount Muleyit, T< 



7. Epimys solus, Miller, lot . cit. supra, p. 22. 



Pulau Terutau. W. Mala) Peninsula. 



8. Epimys orbus, Robinson & Kloss, Ann. & Mai;. Nat. 



Hist. (8) Xii, p. 2 88 (1914). 



Bandon. N.E. Malay Peninsula. 



