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"104. ERINACEUS COLLARIS 5 '— 



Type — A coloured plate without description. 



Date— 1830. 



Locality — Doab. 

 Synonymy. — Royle, (111. Ind. Zool.) in 1839, gave the name of 

 indicus to the Delhi Hedgehog but without description. Bennett in 

 1832 described spatangus and grayi from the " Himalayas " (Types 

 B. M. Nos. 55, 12, 24, 34 and 55, 12, 24, 82). It must be left till 

 further material is available for examination to decide whether these 

 names should remain, as Blanford has placed them as synonyms of 

 collaris. The name blanfordi must be removed from the synonymy 

 of collaris for reasons given below under jerdoni. 



"105. ERINACEUS MEG ALOTIS"— 



Types— B. M. Nos. 79, 11, 21, 515 and 516 (skulls only). 



Date— 1845. 



Locality— Kandahar. 

 A well marked species, easily recognizable by its pale head and 

 throat and dark underparts. 



" 106. ERINACEUS JERDONI "— 



Co-Type— B. M. Nos. 87, 4, 2, 1. 



Date— 1878. 



Locality — Rohri, Sind. 

 This name must give place to blanfordi, which was described at 

 the same time, but on an earlier page. Anderson stated that the 

 type ofblanfordi(BM. Nos. 87, 4, 2, 2) also from Rohri, Sind, had no 

 bald area on the crown, this was an error. Comparison of the types 

 shows that they are one species and blanfordi as the older name 

 must be used, with jerdoni as a synonym. 



" ERINACEUS MACRACANTHUS "— 

 Co-Type— B.M. Nos. 74, 11, 21, 25. 

 Date— 1876 (East Persia by Blanford, p. 27). 

 Locality — S. E. Persia. 

 A large species, with a bald area running backwards over the 

 crown of the head, as in blanfordi ; spines long, with four alternate, 

 dusky and white rings, 5mm. broad, and a long (10mm.) black point. 

 Colouring somewhat in megalotis but the pale area extending back- 

 wards at least on to the chest. Hindfoot about 40mm. Blanford 

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