SCIENTIFIC RESULTS I ROM THE MAMMAL SURVEY. 17 



Lecjcjada. So far as the Indian species go* the following changes 

 must be made in Blanford's Mammalia : — 



1. In the key on p. 401, aftei' the clause "A. Form slender; 

 transvei'se larainee of molars considerably curved," insert : — 



A^ — No frontal ridges ; coat silkj^, almost or 



quite spineless Mus. 



B^ — Frontal ridges present ; coat spiny Legr/ada. 



2. In the key on p. 405, after the clause " h'\ Ear not extend- 

 ing to eye," insert : — 



a*. General colour dark brown M. hooduga. 



h\ Genei*al colour pale grey M. dunni. 



and delete entirely the last clause under " A " 

 viz : — " b. Dorsal fur mainly, or wholly, com- 

 posed of inflexible spines M. 'platythrix.'" 



(Note : — We do not wish it to be understood that we accept all 

 the rest of the key as it stands. The species included in it 

 have in several cases been removed to other genera, for instance, 

 the first ten species mentioned in it have, with others, been trans- 

 ferred to the genus JEpimys. The remainder of section " A " how- 

 ever may be accepted as dealing with the genus Mus, after the 

 change we have suggested above has been made). 



3. Immediately after Mus insert a new genus Leggada with a 

 key as follows : — 



A Mammary formula 4- — 2 = 12 ; spines comparatively fine. 

 a. Size larger, hindfoot 18mm., skull 25. 



if. General colour brown L. ijlatyihrix 



If. General colour pale grey L. sadhu. 



h. Size smaller, hind foot 16, skull 22 ; Gene- 

 ral colour pale grey L. Cinderella. 



B. Mammary formula 3 — 2^10 ; spines coarse 

 and stiff". 

 a. Size smaller, hind foot 15, skull 21 



a^. General colour dark grey, nearly black .L. ijliilUim. 



If. General colour pale grey L. surhha. 



V b. Size larger, hind foot 17-5, skull 27 L.hahadur. 



B. —A NEW SPECIES OF LEGGADA FROM BeLLARY. 



Leggadda surkha, sp. n, 



A Leggada with mammary formula 3 — 2=10, and stiff" coarse 

 spines, as in pliillipsi, but diff'ering from that species in colouring. 



Size about as in iDhillipsi. Fur composed of stiff", coarse spines 

 intermixed with a few finer, buff'y hairs. Length of spines on 

 back 8mm. General colour above, pale fawn grey, individual 

 spines pale slate grey, with dark tips ; below pure white. 



* (Note. — Apparently all the African species now classed as leggada must be 

 releg-ated to the Genus Mus.) 



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