T/edijc/toi/s fnmi the, Persian (J ii[f. 143 



jialatiil length 25*3 ; dental length 23"5 ; combuied length o£ 

 jA and two anterior molars 10. 



Hah. as above. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 21. 12. 3. 2. Ori-inal 

 number 1173. Colh-cted 5ih April, 1921, by V. S. La Pcr- 

 sonne for tiie " Cox-CJheeaman C')llection " (/. c, ihii colKction 

 ot" 11.1'j. Sir Percy Cox and ^lujor 11. E. Cheesuian, HE.). 

 Presented to the National Museum, 



It may be noted that altliough, when describing P. nif/er, 

 Blanford stated that the description was "chiefly taken'' 

 i"rom the specinieu he had in spirit, he did not formally select 

 tliat s|)ecimen as a type. I tlioret'ore venture; to do .so for 

 him, tnking the specimen he referred to — B.M. no. 88. 6. 18. 3 

 — as the lectoty|)e ; and at the same time I may select 

 B.M. no. 74. 11. 21. 25 as alectotypeof his Erinaceus niacra- 

 catithiis. 



In working out tliis Tanb hedgehog, I have re-ex. imiiicd a. 

 black licdgehog from the S.W. corner of Arabia collected in 

 1*J02 by iMr. G. W. Bury in the mountainous country behind 

 Aden. 



This also proves to l)e subspecifically separable from true 

 niyer, and may be called 



Paraechinus niger sahceus, subsp. n. 



Size of type about as in small specimens of niger. Gmeial 

 colour as in that animal, but the face largely mixed with 

 whitish, the black and white hairs (on the single specimen) 

 so arranged as to form a sort of pattern. Centre of face 

 mostly blackish, then an area above each eye to the crown 

 whitish, and then outside these two areas a black line on each 

 side running up in front of the ear to the base of the anterior 

 spines. Whether this pattern is usually present cannot at 

 present be stated. Ears whitish. Chin and interramia 

 white, liest of underside, hands, and feet wholly black. 

 Spines ringed blaCk and white as in niger. Feet con- 

 spicuously smaller than in niger^ the fore feet only 23 mm. in 

 length, and the hinder equally small in proportion. 



Skull (juite as in niger. 



Dimensions (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 174 mm. ; tail 28 ; hind foot 30 ; 

 ear 44. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 48'5 ; zygomatic breadth 26 ; 

 palatal length 27 ; dental length 23'3 ; combined length of 

 // and tirst two molars 11*2. 



