190 Bibliographical Notice. 
than in most members of the group; anterior back approxi- 
mately “‘drab-grey”’ of Ridgway, posterior back more fawn- 
coloured. Sides lighter grey, edged below with an indistinct 
buffy line. Whole of under surface pure white to the roots of 
the hairs. Centre of face fawn-grey; cheeks greyer and a 
marked clear grey patch present between eye and ear. Lars 
rather large, the fine hairs of their outer surface fawn ante- 
riorly, brown posteriorly, but the hinder margin both outside 
and in is edged with white. A marked white postauricular 
patch present. Outer side of forearms and lower leg buffy, 
hands pure white; feet white, mixed proximally with buffy. 
Tail dull buffy for its basal two thirds, then on its subterminal 
sixth the crest-hairs above are tipped with black, while the 
long-haired terminal sixth is abruptly pure white all round. 
In a younger specimen the white tip, though present, is much 
shorter. 
Skull rather delicately built for its size. Teeth small and 
narrow. Bulle unusually small for this group, 
Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh by Mr. 
Blackler) :— 
Head and body 137 millim.; tail 151; hind foot (s. u.) 33; 
ear 18. 
Skull: greatest length 38:7; basilar length 30°5; zygo- 
matic breadth 21; length of nasals 16; interorbital breadth 
59; diastema 11; bulle 12x8; length of upper molar 
series 0'2. 
Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 3. 6.1.1. Original num- 
ber 5. Collected 5th January, 1903, and presented by 
Mr. W. G. Blackler. 
‘‘Tn an open field. Alt. 400 feet.” 
This fine gerbille is readily distinguishable from any of its 
allies by its pale greyish colour and white-tipped tail. 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Pub- 
lished under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in 
Council. Edited by W. I. Buanrorp.—Hymenoptera. Vol. II. 
Ants and Cuckoo-Wasps. By Lieut.-Colonel C. T. Binenam. 
London, 1903. 8vo. Pp. xix, 506. 1 coloured plate; xiii. & 
161 figures in the text. 
Tr is less than a year since the first volume of Mr. Distant’s 
monograph on the Indian Rhynchota in the present series of works 
