from Persia and Baluchistan. 311 



of the European badger varies in the proportions of its breadth 

 to its length between 1 : 1*12 and 1 : 1*2, in M. canescens the 

 same tooth exhibits the ratio of 1 : 1*35. 



5. Sciurus fulvus, sp. nov. 



S. affinis S, syriaco, sed valde pallidior, dorso griseo rufescente, antice 

 magis rufo, gastrseo isabellino, fronte rufa, genis isabellinis ; Cauda 

 media supeme fcrruginea, ad latera subtusque fulva, raulto bre- 

 viore quani corpore ; auriculis haud pcnicillatis. 



Hah. in quercetis haud procul ab urbe Shiraz in Persia. 



A stuffed specimen measures from nose to rump 7 inches, 

 tail to the end of the hairs 7^, fore foot 1£, hind foot 2*1. 



6. Myoxus ptctus } sp. nov. 



31. dorso pallide rufescenti-murino, gastrseo albido, niargine rufa 

 colorem dorsalem a ventrali utrinque secernente, et ad femora, 

 humeros lateraque colli infra aures in maculas ferrugineas dilatata ; 

 facie antice a fronte pallida, grisescente, utrinque fascia nigra a 

 nari ad extremitatem anteriorem auris ducta, regionem ocularem 

 amplectente, marginata ; mystacibus superioribus nigris, inferi- 

 oribus albis ; auribus rotundatis, parum pilosis, fere nudis ; Cauda 

 corpus longitudine subsequante, ubique hirta, pilis longis induta, 

 supra grisea, subtus albescente ; pedibus parvis, supra albis, subtus 

 pallidis. 



Long, corporis cum capite 3-5, caudae 3-5, auris 0*6, palniae 0-4, 

 plantar 0*78 poll. 



Hab. ad Kohrud in Media (Persia hodierna septentrionali) . 



Near M. Dryas, but distinguished by the tail being whiter 

 in colour, by the presence of a patch of red hairs beneath the 

 ear, by the ears being larger and more hairy, and especially 

 by the smaller feet, the sole of the hind foot measuring nearly 

 an inch in M. Dryas, whilst it only measures 0'78 in the present 

 species. 



For the above distinctions I am indebted to Professor Peters, 

 who obliged me by comparing a specimen which I sent to him 

 for the purpose, as there was no specimen of M. Dryas in 

 London. 



7. Mus erythi'onotus, sp. nov. 



M. supra fcrrugineus, nigrescente lavatus, lateribus magis rufis; 

 infra albus, coloribus bene discretis, haud transeuntibus ; cauda 

 fere uuda, corporis longitadinem subaequante ; auribus magnis, 

 rotundatis, fere nudis ; pedibus superne albis, plantis nudis, fuscis; 

 mammis 6, duabus pectoralibus, quatuor inguinalibus. 



Long, corporis cum capite circum 4, caudas 4-2, auris O55-0-7, lat. 

 ejusdem 0-45-0-5, long, palmar 0-4, plantse 0-9 poll. 



