430 MURiD.i;. 



elongcate lobe. For these species I proposed, iu 1881, a subgeneric 

 uame Alticola. M. sUdmensis and M. melanogastcr belong to the 

 subgenus Neodon. 



300. Microtus roylei. Boyle's Vole. 



Arvicola roylei, Gray, A. M. N. H. x, p. 265 (1842) ,; ? Bl>/t/i, Cat. 

 p. 125 ; ? Jerdon, Mam. p, 216 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. 1, pt. 2, 

 p. 102 (1881). 



Ears hairy, not projecting beyond the fur. Thumb with a claw. 



Tail nearly cylindrical, about one third the length of the head and 



body and covered with short hair. Last 



"^^ ^1 ^^^P6i" molar with 3 inner and 3 outer angles 



<^p^ ,^^ ^^^^ terminating in an elongate lobe ; hrst 



lower molar with 4 external and 5 internal 



angles. 



Colon.)- rufous-brown on back, becoming- 

 yellower and paler on the sides and pale 

 brown below ; tail coloured like the back 

 above, pale beneath. Basal half to two 

 " * thirds of the fur leaden black, above and 



Fig. 135.— Crowus of below ; terminal portion on back light brown, 



(a) upper aud (i) becoming darker at the %n^, a few black 

 lower molars or jl/. , . . ° . , ' 



rould, X 4. "P^ intermixed. 



Dimensions of dried skin : head and body 

 3 inches, tail without hair (vertebrae preserved) 1-1, hind foot 0-8. 

 Distrihution. The type was from Kashmir. Jerdon observed 

 voles on the Pir Panjal pass, also on the south side of Barendo 

 pass N.E. of Simla, and near Chiui, in Kunawar, at 12,000 feet 

 elevation, but it is improbable that all belonged to the present 

 species. The locality Bind Dadun Khan, given in Blyth's Cata- 

 logue, is a mistake. What Adams took for Arvicolce in the Punjab 

 Salt Range (' AVanderings of a Naturalist in India,' p. 152) remains 

 to be ascertained. 



Habits unknown. Jerdon found tlie Barendo pass species in 

 large numbers, burrowing close to the surface in a meadow, and 

 several were caught in digging a light trench round the tent. 



301. Microtus stoliczkanus. Stoliczl-a's Vole. 



Arvicola stoliczkanus, Blanford, J. A. 8. B. xliv, pt. 2, p. 107 (1875) ; 

 {. pt. 2, p. ^1 ; id. Yarh. Miss., Mam. p. 42, pi. viii, fig. 1, pi. x6, 

 fig. 2. 



Ears small, completely concealed by the fur, hairy. Thumb 

 rudimentary and clawless. Tail short, about a ([uarter of the 

 head and body in length, covered with stiff hairs tliat extend half 

 an inch beyond the end. Last upper molar with 2 strong inner 

 and 4 \\x'ak outer angles, two close together near the I'ront end of 



