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yellow tinge, due to the admixture of yellow liairs, getting darker 

 at certain seasons. The dorsal stripes buflfy white. The face 

 coloured like the shoulders and thighs, but suffused with ochraceous 

 in some specimens (not in the type). Below, in most cases, 

 " vinaceous cinnamon ", in some dull white. The tail " ^dnaceous 

 rufous " below, mixed black and white above, the appearance of 

 bars practically absent. Feet same as general colour but rather 

 paler. 



Skull usually smaller than in palmarum (that of type, an old 

 animal, exceptionally lai'ge). 



Dimensions of type : — Head and body, 140 mm ; tail, 146 ; hind- 

 foot, 37 ; ear, 17. Skull: — Greatest length, 39-5 ; condylo-incisive 

 length, 37 ; interorbital breadth, 13; nasals, 11; basilar length, 

 31'5 ; palatilar length, 17*5; upper molar tooth row, except p', 

 (j*3 ; diastema, 9* 5. 



Hah. — Central Provinces, Nimar, and the Berars. (Type from 

 Pachmarhi.) 



T-j/pe.— Old male. B. M. No. 12.11.29.92. Original nnmber 

 1021. Collected by Mr. Crump on 20th March 1912. Presented to 

 the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



Mr. Crump obtained 22 specimens in the Central Provinces 

 besides a dozen in Nimar and the Berars. 



I have much pleasure in naming this pretty little species after 

 Mr. Laurence Eobertson, c.s.i., i.C.S., at present Honorary Treasurer 

 of the Society, who takes a close interest in the work of the Survej'', 

 and who was able to render Mr. Crump much assistance when the 

 latter visited his District (Junagadh). 



Funambulus hengalensis, sp. n. 

 A Funamlml'us resembline; rohertsoni in its small size, but 



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distinguishable by its much larger teeth and the presence of an och- 

 raceous tinge on the flanks. 



Size as in rohertsoni. General ground colour above a finer 

 grizzle than in that species, and markedly paler. A distinct, pinkish 

 buff, coloration on the flanks (not present m rohertsoni). Below 

 invariably dull white. 



Skull as in rohertsoni, but with distinctly larger teeth. 



Dimensions of the type: — Head and body, 140; tail, 146; 

 hindfoot, 36; ear, 15. Skull: — Greatest length, 37; condylo- 

 incisive length, 34; inter-orbital breadth, 12; nasals, ,10; basilar 

 length, 30; palatilar length, 16-5; upper molar tooth row (except 

 p^), 6-7; diastema, 8*5. 



Hah. — Bengal. (Type from Hazaribagh.) 



Type.—A.(k\\t female. B. M. No. 15.4.3.77. Original number 

 4880. Collected by Mr. Crump on 10th May 1914. Presented to 

 the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society, 



