1890. J MR. W. L. SCLATER ON SOME INDIAN MURID^. 531 



The Indian Museum possesses examples of this species from the 

 Etawah and Banda districts of the North-west Provinces, from 

 Karachi in Siud, and the iladras Presidency ; Blanford has recorded 

 it from Admednagur, and Sir W. Elliot from the Deccan. This Eat, 

 therefore, seems to be found only in the western and southern parts 

 of India. 



26. Mus GLEADowi, MmTay, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 809, pi. 11. 



This species seems to be very closely allied to 3fus mettada, from 

 which it is distinguished by its considerably smaller size and by 

 its much shorter and narrower tarsus. Moreover, Mus gleadoiui 

 never seems to possess more than four pads on the hind foot, while 

 all the specimens of Mus mettada in our Museum possess the 

 proximal fifth pad. 



The skull (c/. table of measurements, p. 537) resembles that of 

 Mus mettada very closely, except that it is slightly smaller in all its 

 dimensions. 



The examples of this species in the Indian Museum are all males, 

 so that I am unable to confirm Mr. Blanford's statement that the 

 mammiB are six in number, instead of eight as in Mus mettada. 



The measurements of the three specimens in the Indian Museum 

 agree very well with those given by Mr. Blanford in a note 

 appended to the original description, i. e. head and body 3-40, tail 

 2-80, hind foot -70, forearm and hand -80, ear-conch -61, auditory 

 meatus to muzzle -91. The type of the species described by Murray 

 was procured near Xurrachee in Sind ; the specimens in the Indian 

 Museum are from Goona in Gwalior and from Kutch. 



27. Mus (Leggada) PLATTTHEix (Bennett); Thomas, P.Z.S. 1881 

 p. 553. ' 



To the synonyms of this species Mus spinulosus of BIyth (J. A. S. B. 

 xxiii. p. 734) may be added. Blyth's type, which was procured in 

 the Punjab by Mr. Theobald, agrees in every way with the descrip- 

 tions and with the other undoubted specimens of Mus {Leggada) 

 plutythrix ; unfortunately the skull, which has been extracted from 

 the type, seems to have been changed for another skull, for the 

 one which is marked as belonging to the type specimen is certainly 

 not identical with the skull of the Mus {Leggada) platythrix, nor is 

 it that of a Leggada at all. 



There are in the Indian Museum examples of this species from 

 the Punjab, Kurrachee, Bhandara in the Central Provinces, Khan- 

 dula in Bombay Presidency, and from South Malabar, and the Colla- 

 gelly Hills in the Madras Presidency. This considerably extends 

 the distribution as given by Thomas. 



28. Mus (Leggada) buduga, Gray; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 553. 



Blyth's specimens of Mus cervicolor seem to be rather referable to 



