tilt', (innus 'i'alt.'iM. 4'J7 



the infraorbital plate, \vlii(;li in pcmira is represented by at 

 most a shallow are, is in this speoimeii S'> (l''C|) that th(i 

 ema«;ination becomes distiiietly '" C "-shaped. That this 

 character is constant I am not, however, in a position to 

 affirm. 



The followinj; are the dimensions : — 



Head and body ISO mm. : tail ID-i; hind foot 39; ear 2G. 



Sknll : jjjreatest leni^th -15 ; basilar len;.(th .'5.") ; zvgoniatic 

 breadth 2~) ; npper molar series G ; bnlhe 12 7). 



Hab. Kirman, Persia. 



Type. B.M. no. 4. 6. 1.3. An adnlt male. Collected by 

 Afr. Sykes on the 1st February, 1903, and presented to the 

 Museum. 



(31) Tutera indica, 



Di/)i(s imlicu-i, IlftiJw. Linn. Trans, viii, p. 27'.) '^1807). 



II../7. "India." (Type.) 



TIardwicke deseribr^s the coloiir as " brii^ht bay mixM 

 with pcncil-likestrokes of dark brown lonj^itudinally disposed," 

 and gives tlie size as : — Head and body 6 .5" ; tail 7", tuft 

 for last 2" dark brown. I put the normal dimensions as 

 follows : — 



Head and holy 180 mm. ; tail 190 ; hind foot 38. 



Skull: greatest Icn^jth -IG ; zygoinalic breadth 23 ; length 

 of upper molar series 5"5. 



The skull is much broken, but suffices to show that it is 

 more delicately made and long and narrow as compared 

 ■with those of tlie Central Asian forms ; the upper molars, 

 however, are fairly stout for their size. 



(32) Tatera Cuv'teri. 

 Gerbi/lus Cuv'teri, Wateih. P. Z. S. p. oG (1838). 



99. 12. 21-2. Moli Jeri, Tinniveli {Barber). 



5.11.25.2. Raranad, Madura {Annandule). 



These specimens I refer quite e(jnfidently to Curieri, 

 Waterhouse. They closely agree with his description both 

 in colour and pi'opoitions. 'i'he following may thercl'ore be 

 taken as normal dimensions for this s|)eeies : — 



Head and body 1G5 ; tail 200; hind foot -45; ear 22. 



Skull: greatest length 44 ; basilar length 31; zygomatic 

 breadth 23 ; length of up|)er molar series G ; buihe 12. 



The extraordinary length of the hind foot, considering the 

 size of the animal, was relied on by U'atjrhou^e to distin- 

 guish this species from indica^ and to tliis may be added the 



Ann. tO Moi^/ .X. Ilibt. ^er. 7. f y/. xvii. ill 



