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: Gen. III. — Ellobius. 



The only species of the genus 

 No. 308. fuscicapillus, Bly. found within our area. Blanford 



records that it was taken at Quetta 

 by Hutton, but Blyth when he named it thought that it came 

 from the Himalayas. The British Museum has no Indian speci- 

 mens, and only three in alcohol contributed by the Afghan Boun- 

 dary Commission from Bala Marghab, &c., in Afghanistan. A 

 lady recently gave me a description of a small animal seen by her 

 at Quetta, which she stated to be not uncommon, and which could 

 only have been this animal. 



Distribution : — 



E. fuscicapillus, Bljth. Type locality: — Unknown (? 



Quetta) (Hutton). 



Other localities ; — Bala Marghab, 

 Afghanistan. 



Type ; — Not traced. 



Family V. — SPALACiDiE. 



Blanford recognises only one genns of the Bamboo Rats, but 

 Thomas has recently revived Nyctocleptes for the giant forms, 

 restricted Rhizomys to the medium-sized ones, and established 

 Cannomys for the smaller animals of the badius type (A. M. N. H. 

 (8) xvi., p. 57, 1915). These three genera may be arranged in 

 key as follows : — 



Key to the genera of the Spalacid^. 



^ — Size large, condylo-basal length of 

 skull 57-76 mm. ; soles of feet granu- 

 lated; mammae 1-3=8 or 2-3=10. 



a. Size larger, condylo-basal length of 



skull 71-76 mm,; posterior sole- 

 pads conjoined I. Nyctocleptes. 



b. Size smaller, condylo-basal length 



of skull 57 mm. ; postei-ior sole- 

 pads separate ... ... ... II. Rhizomys. 



5, — Size small, condylo-basal length of 

 skiill 43-50 mm. ; sol«pads not 

 granulated; mammse 2—2=8 ... III. Cannomys. 



Gen. I. — Nyctocleptes. 



No. 314. sumatrensis, Raff. The proper name for the Indian 



form is cinereus, McClelland. Besides 

 sumatrensis, Thomas has distinguished another form from Sumatra, 

 but cinereus alone is found within our limits. 



