64 ON THE MAMMALS OF ASIA MINOR. [Feb. 3, 



This Vole differs from all others with which we are acquainted in 

 the extreme shortness and peculiar colouring of the tail, and in 

 the density of the hairiness of the soles. It would appear to be 

 most nearly allied to A. arvalis, from which it is at once distinguish- 

 able by its proportions and by the number of plantar tubercules. In 

 general appearance it bears a strong resemblance to A. stoliczkanus, 

 Blanford, from Yarkand ; but that animal has not only a wholly 

 yellowish-white tail, but belongs probably to the subgenus Paludicola, 

 Blasius, the first lower molar having only seven cemental prisms '. 

 It seems not at all improbable, on the other hand, that our animal 

 may be identical with the A. leucura of Dr. Severtzoff; his diagnosis 

 is not impertinent, although he says that the tail is one fourth the 

 length of the body, and white with a black tip'. But in any case 

 his name cannot stand, being preoccupied by the A. leucurus of 

 Gerbe ^ which Blasius and Fatio have united with the A. nivalis of 

 Martins. We therefore propose to name our species in honour of 

 our friend Dr. Giinther. 



44. *Spalax typhlus, Pall. Kior-sytchan. D. & A., no. 36. 



[Alactaga decumana (Licht.). D. & A., p. 281. 



The "Jerboa" of Herr Kotschy and Mr. Curzon, which we 

 thought probably referable to this species, may have been Oerbillus 

 erythrurus.'] 



45. *Hystrix cristatus, Linn. Kipri. D. & A , no. 37. 



[Lepus syriacus, Hemp. «& Ehrenb. D. & A., no. 38. 



As will be seen below, we believe we were in error in the determi- 

 nation of the Asia- Minor Hare]. 



46. *tLEPUs EUROP^us, Pall. Tauochan. 



In our former notes we somewhat doubtfully identified two Hares 

 shot in the Taurus with the L. syriacus of Ilemprich and Ehren- 

 berg ; but on examining more specimens, we find them to agree best 

 with the East-Europeau form named L. caspicus by the same writers. 

 We cannot find any characters, however, which would justify the 

 specific separation of that race from the Common Hare ; and we 

 therefore follow Blasius in regarding it as a climatic variety of 

 L. europ<£us. 



1 Blanford, J. As. Soc. Beng. xliy. pt. 2, p. 107 (1875, descr. orig.) ; Second 

 Yarkand Mission, Mamm. p. 42, pi. viii. fig. 1, pi. x. b. fig. 2. 



2 Turk. Jevot. p. 82 ; Ami. & Mag. N. H. (ser. 4), xviii. p. b2. 



3 Eev. Zool. 1852, p. 260 (descr. orig.). 



