340 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. 80CIJETY, Vol. XXI. 



(^Note — The figures in brackets are taken from the skull of an 

 old female obtained by myself at Dharwar and consequently a 

 topotype of booduga.) 



Hab:— Punjab (Type from Ambala.) Alt. 900 ft. 



Type:— Old male. B. M. No. 9, 4, 6, 36. Collected 1st January 

 1909, by Major H. N. Dunn, R.A.M.C., and presented to the British 

 Museum. Seven specimens were sent by Major Dunn, from 

 Ambala, a very even series. The British Museum has also two 

 specimens collected by Major E. J. F. Birrell, R.A.M.C., at Rawal- 

 pindi, both these are young individuals, they must be placed in 

 this species. In the Cutch Collection of the B. N. H. Society's 

 Mammal Survey a single specimen was obtained, which is also 

 L. dunni. 



Ckemnomys, gen. nov. 



Sole pads 6, sixth, or proximal, elongate as in E-pimys. Fifth 

 hind toe long, reaching to the end of the first phalanx of the 

 fourth. MammaB 1-2=6. 



Skull rather flat ; braincase broad, narrowing suddenly anterior- 

 ly ; bony palate not produced posteriorly behind 3rd upper molar, 

 mesopterygoid fossa with sub-parallel margins. Molars as in 

 Millardia. 



Type : — Cremnomys cutchicus. 

 Mr. Thomas recently described in this Journal (XX. p. 996^ a 

 group of three closely allied genera, viz. — Millardia, Pyromys and 

 Orypomys. The present is a fourth member of this group. The 

 following comparative table gives at a glance the principal 

 distinguishing characters of each : — 



