BUS UL TS FR OM THE MAMMAL SVR FEY. 241 



Habitat. — Kathiawar and Gujarat. Type from Kudia, Junagadh, 

 Kathiawar. Alt. 2,500. 



Type.— Adult female. B. M. No. 13. 8. 8. 128. Original 

 number 2042. Collected 30th November 1912 by C. A. Crump. 



Presented to the National Museum by the Bombay Natural 

 History Society, as are also the other types mentioned below, together 

 with representative series of each form. 43 specimens. 



2-b. Cremnomys meclivs rajput, sp. n. 



Proportions about as in 0. m. mec^ws. Fur long; rather thin. 

 General colour paler, the fore-back fawn grey passing posteriorly 

 into bright "pinkish buff" more or less lined with blackish; sides 

 also prominently pinkish buff. A buffy patch generally present 

 across the nape and back of the ears, contrasting with the more 

 greyish general colotir of the crown and fore-back. Undersurface 

 greyish white, the grey more overlaid with white than in true 

 medius, and sometimes almost absent. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 126 mm.; tail 166 ; hindfoot 27 ; ear 20. 

 Skull, greatest length 35-4 ; condylo-incisive length 31-3 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 17' 2 ; nasals 15; interorbital bi-eadth 5-2 ; upper 

 molar series 5*6. 



Habitat. — Mt. Abu, Eajputana. Alt. 4,300. 



Ty2Je.— Old female. B. M. No. 13-9. 18-40. Original number 

 3357. Collected 1st -June 1913 by C. A. Crump. 60 specimens. 



Although on the map Mt. Abu appears comparatively near to 

 the localities where C. in. medius was obtained, Mr. Wroughton 

 tells me that it is really quite isolated, and that the occurrence there 

 of a distinct form of Eock-rat is not unnatural. Certainly the buffy 

 coloration of the hind-back and nuchal patch appears distinctive. 



2-c. Cremnomys medius caenosus, subsp. n. 



Fur thin and poor. Colour dark mouse-grey, grey above, blea- 

 ching to dull tawny on the hinder-back ; no perceptible nuchal 

 patch. Undersurface dirty greyish, the slaty bases of the hairs 

 little hidden by their white tips. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 125 mm. ; tail 157 ; hindfoot 28 ; ear 21. 

 Skull, greatest length 35-1 ; condylo-incisive length 30*4 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 17 ; nasals 14-5 ; interorbital breadth 5 ; upper 

 molar series 5*6. 



Habitat. — Bihar and Orissa. Type from Singar, Gaya, 1,400', 

 others pecimens from Gujhundi, Hazaribagh, 1,000'. 



Type.—Kdult male. B. M. No. 15. 4. 3. 137. Original number 

 5027. Collected 30th May 1914 by C. A. Crump. 8 specimens. 



