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The use of Elliot's name and the fact that most of these names are 

 based iipon Kanarese words, shows clearly that the species were based 

 on Elliot's specimens, and we may therefore confidently accept Elliot's 

 statement that they all came from the "Mulnad," in Dharwar District. 

 In Vol. XVII, 1907, I described in this Journal (p. 998) 2 species, comberi 

 and listoni of this genus, from Nasik and Oolaba respectively. 



I have since been convinced that some of the Nasik specimens, which I 

 then thought might be true meltada, are nothing of the sort, but are 

 comberi. Both comberi and listoni have comparatively coarse, harsh hair, 

 while true meltada has it very silky and soft. 



Unfortunately only one of the specimens in this collection is adult, 

 but it is enough to show that it belongs to the soft haired meltada group 

 and not to the more harsh haired comberi from the adjoining district of 

 Nasik. Specimens in the British Museum collected by the Eev. Mr. 

 Fairbank at Ahmednagar show that in that District too, the meltada type 

 is the representative of the genus. 



GuNOMYS KOK, Gray. 

 The Southern Mole-Rat. 

 1837. Mus kok, Gray. Charl. Mag. N. H. I., p. 585. 

 1839. Mus (Neotoma) jy^'o^'^dens, Elliot. Madr. Journ. L. and S. X, 



p. 210. 

 1891. Nesocia hengahnsis, Blanford. Mammalia No. 295 (part). 

 1908. Gunomys kok, Wroughton. Journ. B. N. H. S. XVIII, p. 747. 

 S 10. Parola, E. Khandesh. 

 S 111, 112 juv., 113 juv., 116, 117, 118, 119 Juv., 120 juv., 123 



juv., 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 juv., 129, 131 juv. 

 $ 109, 110, 115, 121 juv., 122 juv., 130, 132 juv., Godasgaum, 

 E. Khandesh. 

 Local name — Mugair. 



The types of both kok and providens were taken by Elliot at or near 

 Dharwar. 



I dealt with this species in this journal quite recently (1. c. supra). This 

 series seems to show no important variation from Ahmednagar specimens. 



GoLUNDA ELLioTi, Gray. 



The Indian Bush Rat. 

 1837. Golunda ellioti, Gray. Charl. Mag. N. H. I., p. 585. 

 1839. Mus golundi, Elliot. Madr. Journ. L. and S. X., p. 94 (no 



description). 

 1839. Mus hirsutus, Elliot. 1. c. p. 213. 

 1876. Pelomys ivatsoni, Blanford. P. A. S. B., X. p. 181. 

 1891. Golunda ellioti, Blanford. Mammalia No. 299. 

 9 42. Shendurni, E. Khandesh. 

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