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as they approach more nearly to the present form they may be 

 reckoned as i^. t. numarius. 



The figures in brackets are tliose of tlie tj-pe of F. tristriatus. 



Funamhulus ijalmarum hellaricus, subsp. nov. 



A Funamhidus the size of F. ijalmarutn, of which it is a local 

 form, and from which it differs in the complete absence of yellow 

 suffusion on the forearms, shoulders, and thighs. 



General colour above rather a coarse grizzle of black and white, 

 giving the effect of pale •' smoke grey." The whole dorsal area 

 forming a " saddle ", which is coloured much darker, varying from 

 dark "russet" to " seal brown", according to the season, the indi- 

 vidual hairs ringed brown or black and cream bitff. The usual three 

 longitudinal dorsal stripes creamy white. The face more or less 

 suffused with ochraceous, according to season. Feet and hands 

 pale, nearly as in true 'pahnanmi. Tail black and white, very 

 indistinctly barred, below " orange rufous ". (The individual hairs 

 are orange rufous at their base, paling to white, with two black 

 rings, a narrower near the base, and a broader (4-5 mm.), below the 

 white tip. 



Dimensions of the type 

 foot, 41 ; ear, 16. Skull 



: — Head and body, 168 ; tail, 156 ; hind- 

 : — Greatest length, 40 (41) ; condylo- 

 incisive length, 36 (36); interorbital breadth, 13 (13); nasals, 12 

 (10) ; basilar length, 31 (32) ; palatilar length, 17-5 (17); upper 

 molar tooth row, except p^ Q-Q (7); diastema, 10 (9). 



Hah. — Bellary and Southern Mahratha Country. (Type from 

 Vizayanagar). 



%;e.— Adult male. B. M. No. 13.4.10.39. Original number 

 1363. Collected by Mr. Shortridge on the 20th Jiily 1912. 

 Presented to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural 

 History Society. 



Mr. Shortridge obtained 13 specimens in Bellary, and 21 in 

 Dharwar, which may all be referred to this local race. He also 

 obtained 29 specimens in South Mysore, which must be considered 

 as intermediates, some of them approaching hellaricus and some 

 true palmarwtn. 



The figures in brackets are those of an adult $ F. palmarum from 

 jNIadras. 



Funamhulus rohertsoni, sp. n. 



A sombre coloured Funamhulus, markedly smaller than 

 jyalmarum. 



General colour above a coarse grizzle of black and " cream buff" 

 giving the effect of " hair brown " (individual hairs white with 

 black rings and a black tip). The saddle brown, with a slight 

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