490 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



(61) Epimys lepcha, Wr. 

 The Lepcha Rat. 



1916. Epimys lepcha, Wroughton, Journ., B.N.H.S., Vol. XXIV, p. 428. 

 S 3, 2 11, Chuntang ; $ 4, Laclien. 



This rat is described earlier in this Journal (1. c). it resembles niviventer 

 fairly closely but the presence of the black shade on the shoulders and back 

 and the extension of the colouring of the upper side as a collar on the lower 

 throat and its further extension as a mediae line on the abdomen separate 

 is sharply from that species. 



(62) Epimys eha, Wr. 



The Spectacled Rat. 



1916. Epimys eha, Wroughton, Journ., B. N. H. S., Vol. XXIV, p. 427. 



c?ll, $3, Lachen; S 2, Thangu ; cJ 1, Ghoom; S 1, Sukia- 



pokhri. 



This species described earlier in this Journal (1. c), so far as I know, 



does not resemble any other Indian species. It is smaller than fulvescens, 



to which in the general colour of the upper side it is somewhat similar, but 



the black marks round the eyes, and the long hair of the under side, slate 



coloured basally with white tips, distinguish it at once from any other 



rat. 



(63) MiTS DUBixjs, Hodgs. 



The Nepal House Mouse. 

 (Synonymy in No. 15.) 



5 1, Sedonchen; c? 3, $ 7, Rongli; cJ 4, 5 6, Lachen; S 3, 

 5 2, Ghoom; 1 (not sexed, skull in), Darjeeling; cJ 4, $ 1, 

 Narbong; § 2, Sivok; c? 2, $ 3, Jalpaiguri. 

 Having used the name dubius for the Kumaon house mice, these must 

 also be classed under that name. Superficially I confess that 1 cannot dis- 

 tinguish them from manei. However as I pointed out in the Kumaon Report, 

 should careful comparison later show that dubius and manei cannot be se- 

 parated, dubius will be the name which will have to be used. 



(64) Mus HOMOUKUS, Hodgs. 



Himalayan House Mouse. 



(Synonymy in No. lo.) 



(5 1? Sedonchen; S 1, Rongli; $ 1, Gangtok; <3 19, 5 18, 

 Chuntang; $ 1, Ringin; d 2, !^ 2, Dikchu; d 4, $ 4, 

 Ghoom; c? 7, $ 4, Sukiapokhri; c? 6, $ 6, Batasia; S 8,- 

 $ 3, Narbong; S 2, Jalpaiguri. 



(65) Mus PAHAKi, Thos. 



'The Sikkim Hill Mouse. 

 1916. Mus pahari, Thomas, Journ., B. N. H. S., Vol. XXIV, p. 414. 



2 3, Chuntang; (5 1, Batasia. 

 This mouse described by Mr. Thomas on an earlier page of this 

 Journal (1. c.) though somewhat resembling the Burmese Mus nitidulus in 

 general f acies, is quite distinct from that species and much more nearly 

 related to manei, dubius, &c. Its mammary formula is 3-2=10 as in these 

 species and not 4-2=12 as in nitidulus. 



