18 CATALOGUE OF 



Inhab. Nepal, Central and Northern Hilly region. 



a. Specimen with skull, in very bad state. 



b. Drawing, of natural size, t. 113, f. 1. 



Fur soft, dark brown, minutely grey varied, with scattered, 

 narrow, white bristles. Lower cutting teeth very narrow, rounded 

 in front. Middle of belly whitish. Tail nakedish. Hind feet, 

 1 inch 3 lines ; tail 4 inches (imperfect) ; body and head 7 inches; 

 skull, 1 inch 6 lines. 



The WHITE-BELLIED RAT. Mus Rattus nivei venter, Hodys. 

 J. Ass. A. S. v. 1836, 234, described ; x. 915. C. J. N. H. 1841, 

 220, iv. 292. Gray, Cat. Mam. 1 09. Ann. $* Mag. N. H. 1845, 267. 



a. Specimen with the skull, in bad condition, without hind feet 



and tail. 



b, c. Drawings of adult, t. 104, f. 2, copied t. 105, f. 1. 



Dark brown ; the cutting teeth very narrow and slender ; hind 

 feet slender, 1 inch ; length of body and head, 6j inches. 



The SHINING RAT. Mus nitidus, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. 915. 

 Calc. J. N. H. iv. 292. Ann. $- Mag. N. H. 1845, 267. 



Inhab. Nepal, in houses. 

 a. Drawing, natural size, t. 110, f. 1. 



The WOOD RAT. Mus? Myothrix, Hodgs. Ann. fy Mag. 

 N. H. 1845, 267. Arvicola ? Neotoma ? Myothrix, Hodgs. J. 

 A. S. B. x. 915. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 292. 



Inhab. Nepal, Central and Northern hilly region. 



a. A flat skin, without fore limbs ; tail skinned at the end. 



b. Drawing, of natural size, t. 113, f. 2. 



Fur yellow-brown, minutely black varied ; hair rather short 

 and rigid, lead-coloured, with yellow tips, and with scattered nar- 

 row black bristles beneath, yellowish white ; tail hairy, yellow ; 

 hind feet 1 inch ; tail 3 inches 9 lines. 



The SOFT-FURRED RAT. Mus fulvescens. 

 Inhab. Nepal. 



a. A skin without head, limbs, or tail ; belly white, with a central 



yellow streak. 



b. A skin in a bad state, belly white, without any streak. 



Fur pale fulvous, hair very soft, lead-coloured, with bright yel- 

 low tips, and interspersed slender black bristles; throat, belly and 

 beneath pure white ; tail elongate, nearly bald ; cutting teeth nar- 

 row ; skull about 1 inch 2 lines ; hind feet about 1 inch. 



The WOOD MOUSE. Mus dumecolus. Musculus dumecolus, 

 Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. 915. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 292. Field Mouse, 

 Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 344. Mus Vand. dumeticola, Hodgs. Ann. 

 & Mag. N. H. 1845, 268. Vandeleuria dumeticola, Gray, Cat. 

 Mam. 112. 



