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frontal. The presence of the " lunate lobe," however, is a useful character 

 for separating it together with dunni ( vide Report No. 'd ) from Mus manei 

 and other forms allied to M. musculus. 



Lbggada surkha, Wroughton and llyley. 

 The grey Spiny Mouse. 



19. Leggada surkha. Wroughton and Eyley. Journ. B.N.H.S., 

 Vol. XXII, p. 17. 



5 1635, 1651. 



$ 1515, 1548, 1626, 1636, 1652, 1668. Vijayanagar, Bellary. 



'*' In the females examined there were only 10 miammae. — G. C. S. 



Our reasons for separating this species from Leggada fhillipsi ( = il/w." 

 phillipsi of Report No. 4), as well as for including it in the Genus Leggada 

 are given in detail earlier in this issue (p. 16). 



The mammary formula 3 — 2 — 10 places it in the second section of the 

 Genus as there indicated. 



Ckemnomys cutchicus, Wroughton. 

 The Cutch Rock Rat. 

 (Synonymy in No. 8.) 



c? 1470, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1522, 1524, 1540, 1541, 1610, 1612. 



1614, 1616, 1619, 1621, 1625, 1628, 1643, 1648, 1650, 1656. 



1661. 



? 1492, 1506, 1507, 1508, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1523. 1525, 1526. 



1552, 1565, 1609, 1611, 1613, 1615, 1618, 1620, 1624, 1633, 



1634, 1644, 1645, 1649, 1662, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, in al. 



1608, 1646, 1647. Vijayanagar, Bellary. 



{See also Report No. 3.) 



" Nocturnal. Very plentiful among the rocky hills in the district.. 

 Readily trapped with cocoanut or cheese as bait. Several specimens had 

 their mouths stained by the fruit of the Prickly Pear." — G. C. S. 



Epimys rufbscens, Gray. 

 The Common Indian Rat. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 (S 1675, 1686, Vijayanagar, Bellary. 



{See also all earlier Reports.) 

 Vernacular names : — ^ Vubayaluka (Telegu) , Illi (Kanarese.) 



GuNOMYS KOK, Gray. 



The Southern Mole-Rat. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 



6 1400, 1451, 1471, 1570, 1571, 1607. 



$ 1388, 1391, 1395, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1468. 1606. Vijaya- 

 nagar, Bellary. 



{S'e also Reports Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 7.) 



Vernacular names : — Kokku (Telegu). 



" If kept in a cage this Rat is particularly savage, and will even dash 

 itself against the wires in its attempts to reach any moving object 

 outside."— G. C. S. 

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