188 Mr. O. Thoma?! on 



Other spocimons collocted by C. A. Crump Cor Col. A. E. 

 AVard from Tliirit on tlie Niibra and Sliushal ot\ the Lake. 



Tt/pe, Adult male. B.M. no. 7.9.6.17. Original num- 

 ber "lO. Collected 24th June, 1907, and presented by 

 II. Ili)lmes-Tarn, Esq. 



This little species was t dcen for Blanford's Lajo'ui/s anrifus 

 by Bonhote, for the verj'' natural reason that the type-locality 

 of that animal was just where it occurred — on the Panof-Kong 

 Lake. But closer study shows that its skull is smaller and 

 much narrower than (hat of 0. mac7'o(is, of which I believe 

 auritiis to be a sjMionym, and that its palatal foramina are of 

 different shape, so that it is evidently a distinct species. 



Specimens of this species are marked by both Holmes-Tarn 

 and Crump as occurring in thick jungle or scrub, and there 

 may be a difference in the local habitation of the larger 

 species found in the same region. 



Ocholona roylei baltina, subsp. n. 



A pale grey subspecies, replacing to the north-west of 

 Ladak the Kasiiniir O. r. tvardi. 



Size and essential characters as in true roylei\ a fulvous 

 mantle on head and fore back no doubt present in the late 

 summer. General colour of back very pale grey, nearest to 

 " pale drab-grey " of llidgway. Crown with indications of a 

 fulvous mantle coming later. Nape with the buffy-whitish 

 patches well marked. 



Other characters and skull as in 0. r. wardi. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 180 mm. ; hind font 32 ; ear 27. 



Skull : upper length 44 ; condylo-incisive length 40 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 21; interorbital breadth 5; breadth of 

 brain-case 17'5 ; lenu,tli of bulla 9"8 ; upper tooth-row 8. 



Ilah. Baltistan, N.W. of Ladak. 'iype from Nurh, on 

 the Indus, just east of Skardo, 13,000'. Another specimen 

 from Tashgam, 9500' {C. A. Crump). 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 8. 7.6. 129. Original num- 

 ber 27. Collected 11th June, 1905, by Pearl and presented 

 by Col. A. E. Ward. 



Essentially similar to the Kashmir 0. r. wardi, but distin- 

 guished by the greater jtaleness of its general grey colour, 

 which is about as in 0. macrotis. 



I have had some doubt as to whether this might be 

 Blanford's " Lagoniys auritus," whose type-locality was on 

 the Pang-Kong Lake, but all details of his excellent figures 

 of the skull, notably the breadth across the brain-case, agree 



