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sembles, as regards denseness and structure, that of Lagomys 



rvfescens. 



inches. 



Total length 8 



Length of ear £ 



Length of tarsus, including nails 1| 



The above diagnosis is taken from two skins presented by 

 Mr. Hodgson as Lagomys Curzonice in the year 1858. The 

 specimens were obtained in the Sikkim Himalayas. 



Lagomys ladacensis. 



I propose this name for the Ladak species fully described 

 by Stoliczka and Anderson under the name of L. Curzoniai 

 (Hodgson). Mr. Blanford (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 35) 

 has already expressed his very just doubts respecting the 

 propriety of identifying the Ladak species with that described 

 by Hodgson. To the descriptions published I have only to 

 add that the glandular patch on each side of the throat, below 

 the ear, which is so very distinct in L. rufescens, is very in- 

 distinctly indicated by the colour and structure of the hairs in 

 the present species ; and that the hairs on the lower side of the 

 feet, although dense, are not long enough to hide the black 

 pads of the toes. 



The specimens before me are from Chagra, 14000 feet 

 above the sea. 



Lagomys macrotis. 



Fur very soft and long, especially on the hind part of the 

 back. General hue of the upper parts pale buff-yellow, 

 whitish on the sides and underneath ; a small white patch 

 behind the ear ; feet pure white ; chin white ; the hairs of the 

 moustaches white, but some of them black. Apparently no 

 glandular patch below the ear. Ears very large, well covered 

 with hairs. Soles of the feet covered with short hairs, leaving 

 the pads of the toes quite bare. 



inches. 



Total length 8 



Length of ear 1 i 



Length of tarsus, including nails lg 



Of this long-eared species I have seen two specimens : one 

 of them, which is in a very bad condition, has been in the 

 British Museum since 1844, without indication of its habitat; 

 for the other we are indebted to Captain Biddulph, who gives 

 Doba as the locality. 



