230 Dr. A. Gunther on some Leporine 



band ascends from the throat towards the ear. Front part of 

 the ears covered with a moderately dense fur ; hind margin 

 of the ear with a dense fringe of buff-coloured hairs. Tail 

 white, brownish grey above ; fore legs of a delicate buff colour 

 like the back of the neck ; hind legs of a still lighter colour, 

 nearly white. 



inches. 

 Length from tip of nose to root of tail .... 16 



Length from nose to occiput 4 



Length of ear 4| 



Length of tarsus, including the nails 4 



The two specimens in the British Museum were obtained 

 by Captain Biddulph in November and January, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Yarkand ; both are nearly of the same size. 



Lagomys nepalensis (Hodgson). 



M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards, in his remarks on the species 

 of this genus in ' Recherch. Mammif.,' observes that the defi- 

 nition of the species hitherto described is somewhat vague, 

 and that their number would probably have to be reduced, 

 the majority being founded on slight modifications of colour. 

 As far as I can judge from the specimens of the Asiatic species 

 in the British Museum, I believe that they are easily distin- 

 guishable, and that the coloration is pretty constant in the 

 species of the same range. With regard to the species described 

 by him as Lagomys tibetanus, I admit that there is consider- 

 able difficulty in separating it from L. nepalensis, of which we 

 possess specimens almost identical with L. tibetanus in size 

 and colour. 



Lagomys Curzonice (Hodgson). 



General hue of a pale sandy brownish grey, many of the 

 hairs on the back having blackish tips ; upper part of the 

 head and cheeks coloured like the back ; a whitish crossband 

 on each side of the throat behind the ear ; these bands are 

 not confluent, but separated from each other along the middle 

 of the neck by a stripe of the same dark colour as the back. 

 The colour of the back gradually passes into the whitish of 

 the lower parts, which is slightly washed with rufous. Chin 

 black ; feet whitish. A subcutaneous glandular patch below 

 the ear is indicated by hairs which are of a rusty colour at 

 the base. Soles of the feet covered with rather long hairs, 

 below which the pads of the toes are hidden. Ears of 

 moderate size, sparsely covered with hairs. The fur re- 



