On a new Vole from Kashmir. 197 



with a dark tiash above it near the base : secondaries puikish 

 brown, paler towards the base. 



i^ . Like the male in all respects. 



Expanse, (J -i-l, ? 46 mm. 



The types trom Dinawa are in my collection ; the species 

 flies in August. 



Leucania cryptargijria^ sp. n. 



c^ . Head pale rufous brown ; collar pale purplish brown, 

 wiili four dark lines horizontally across ; patagire reddisli 

 brown, tinged with grey ; abdomen pale ochreous brown ; 

 palpi pale purplish brown, pale ochreous internally ; legs pale 

 ochreous brown, striped with reddish ; spines black at the 

 base ; mid \eg^ with tibiae fringed with long pale hair ; an 

 abdominal tutt of longish black hair at the base. Primaries 

 pale ochreous brown, tinged with reddish in the cell and up 

 to the apex, to which point the darker area tapers gradually ; 

 costa broadly whitish grey ; a double postmedial row of 

 black points ; termen slightly clouded; the veins are more or 

 less irrorated with black scales and the inner marginal area 

 has a patch of similar-coloured scales : secondaries warm 

 brown, slightly pinkish, with the costa and inner margin 

 paler. Fringes pale pinkish, outer half white. Under 

 surface : both wings uniform lustrous metallic silver, with a 

 blackish spot on the costa a third from the apex. 



Expanse 48 mm. 



The type is in my collection from Dinawa. 



XX. — On a neu) Vole from Kashmir. 

 By J. Lewis Bonhote, M.A. 



The collection of voles sent home from Kashmir by Col. A. E. 

 Ward contains three specimens of a most interesting new 

 species allied to Microtus nivalis, for which I propose the 

 name 



Microtus imitator f sp. n. 



Differs externally from M. nivalis only in its smaller size 

 and slightly browner coloration. 



General colour above grizzled greyish brown, each hair 

 being dark at its base, with a light subterrninal portion and a 



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