386 Mr. J. Scully on Mammals from Afghanistan. 



E. talpinus. 



1. Base of fur almost black. 1. 



2. Zjgoraa low, malar in- 2. 



terposed between maxil- 

 lary and squamosal pro- 

 cesses in lower margin. 



3. Nasals convex externally. 3. 



4. Premaxillse terminate 

 posteriorly opposite end 

 of nasals. 



6. >"■ -^ has no posterior lobe 

 behind last outer angle. 



6. jn angles 8-4. 



E. intermedius. 



Base of fur dark or leaden 



grey. 



Zygoma high throughout, 

 malar interposed be- 

 tween maxillary and 

 squamosal processes in 

 lower margin. 



Nasals bottle-shaped, or 

 external margin alter- 

 nately convex and con- 

 cave. 



Premaxillas prolonged be- 

 hind hind end of nasals. 



6. "'• 3 has no posterior lobe 

 behind last outer angle. 



6. mTl angles 4-5. 



E. fuscocapillus. 



1. Base of fur light grey. 



2. Zygoma high in middle, 



maxillary and squa- 

 mosal processes alone 

 form lower margin. 



3. Nasals bottle-shaped, or 



external margin alter- 

 nately convex and con- 

 cave. 



4. Premaxilla3 prolonged be- 



hind hind end of nasals. 



5. m. 3 has a prominent pos- 



terior lobe behind last 

 outer angle. 



6. TO. 1 angles 4-5. 



For the comparison of the three specimens collected by 

 Capt. Yate, I have Mr. Blanford^'s very full description of a 

 skin and skull of E. fuscocajnllus (with figure of skull and 

 teeth) in the paper before cited, and three skins and a skull 

 of the same species in the Indian Museum. ] have no speci- 

 men of E. talpinus for comparison, but Mr. Blanford has so 

 clearly and, I am sure, accurately given the differences be- 

 tween that form and E. fuscocapillus, that I have no hesitation 

 in deciding that Capt. Yate's specimen must be referred to a 

 new species. The only known locality for E. fuscocapillus is 

 Quetta, and the Russian E. talpinus is recorded by Severtzoff 

 from Western Turkestan ; so that the present species is inter- 

 mediate in its habitat, as well as in its distinctive characters, 

 between the two better known species of the genus. Severt- 

 zoff calls his Turkestan specimens E. talpinus, var. rufescens, 

 and these may prove to belong to the species I have de- 

 scribed. 



Capt. Yate notes on the ticket of one of the specimens, 

 " Eyes scarcely visible ; caught by day." 



1. Bokun, Murghab, Herat, May 10. 



2. Kila Wali, „ „ May 14. 



3. „ „ „ May 26. 



10. Lagomys rufescens, Gray. 



The two examples collected belonging to a well-marked and 

 well-known species need no extended notice ; they agree per- 

 fectly with specimens collected by Blanford in Persia. The 

 species was originally described from a specimen obtained in 

 Afghanistan. 



1. Shadian, Afghan Turkestan, August 2. 



2. „ „ „ August 6. 



