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This dull coloured forni , from the dark soil of what used to be 

 Western Bengal, occurs more than 700 miles away from its Gujerat 

 ally, no member of the genus having as yet been found in the 

 intervening area. 



3. Gremnoonys australis, sp. n. 



Size about as in 0. medius or a little less, but the feet rather longer 

 in proportion. Molars small, the series 5-0—5'4 mm. Colour pale 

 bufFy grey above, pure white below, the hairs either all white to their 

 roots, or grey-based just along the sides of the belly. Ears averag- 

 ing rather shorter than in G. medius. Supraorbital crests compa- 

 ratively thick and solid, with perceptible postorbital angle. 



Range. — Bellary and Mysore. 



Sub-species. 

 3-a. Cremnomys australis australis. 



Colour above pale buffy grey, the crown and fore-back grej'er 

 (" drab-grey "), the nape and hind-back more buffy, but the con- 

 trasts little marked. Sides greyer, not buffy. Undersurface pure 

 sharply defined snowy white, the hairs mostly Avhite to their 

 roots. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 127 mm.; tail 169 ; hindfoot 27; ear 18-5. 

 Skull, greatest length o4'3 ; condjdo-incisive length o0"5 ; 

 zygomatic breadth 16*7; nasals 14-3; breadth of brain-case 14-4; 

 upper molar series 5-3. 



Habitat. — Bellary (Type from Vijayanagar 1,500') and E. Mj^sore 

 (Kolar Town 3,000'). 



2^-ype.— Old female. B. M. No. 13. 4. 10. 57. vOriginal number 

 1633. Collected 10th August 1912 by G. C. Shortridge. 63 

 specimens. 



This beautiful form is readily distinguishable by its pale grey 

 colour and snowy belty. 



3-b. Gremnomys australis siva, subsp. n. 



Slightly larger than G. australis australis, hindfoot 28 — 29 mm. 

 Colour above rather a darker grey than in that form (near '•' mouse 

 grey" of Ridgway). Undersurface white, but not so sharply 

 defined or so snowy a white as in australis, the hairs on the chest 

 and sides of the belly common 1}^ with grey bases. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 149 mm. ; tail 159 ; hindfoot 29 ; ear 19. 

 Skull, greatest length 34*7; condylo-incisive length 30*4; 

 zygomatic breadth 15*8; nasals 15; breadth of brain-case 14-2; 

 upper molar series 5*4. 



