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MR. O. THOMAS ON THE 



Table of Measurements. 



[May 3, 



-Subgenus Vandeleuria. 

 Vandeleuria, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. x. p. 265 (1842). 

 First and fifth toes on both fore and hind feet provided with a 

 short nail instead of a claw (see Plate LI. fig. 13 & i3a). Tad very 



There is only one undoubted species of this subgenus, of which 

 the following is the synonymy : — 



19. Mus (Vandeleuria) oleraceus. 

 *Mus oleraceus, Benn. P. Z. S. 1832, p. 121 (1832). 

 *Mus longicaudatus, Ell. Madr. Journ. x. p. 94 (sine descr.) (1839). 



Mus dumicolus, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. p. 915 (1841). ^,„ ,. 



Vandeleuria oleraceus. Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. x. p. 26d (1842). 

 *Mus {Vandeleuria) dumeticola, Hodgs. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xv. 

 p. 268 (184,5). 



Mus povensis, Hodgs. op. cit. p. 269 (1845). 



Mus {Vandeleuria) oleraceus, Anders. Zool. Yunn. Lxp. p. 313 

 (1878). 



Hab. Burmah, and all India from Nepal to INIadras. 



Fur'above bright rufous, the roots of the hairs dark slate-colour ; 

 belly pure white. Mammae 8, two pectoral and two inguinal 

 pairs. Tail very much longer than the head and body. Hind foot 

 and pads as shown in Plate LI. fig. 1 3. An upper view of the fifth 

 toe, on a larger scale, is also given (fig. 13 a) to show its very pecu- 

 liar short nail. The caecum is unusually large for such_ a sma I 

 animal, measuring no less than 1-6 inch in an adult female, in which 

 also the whole length of the intestine from pylorus to anus is just 



over 13 inches. ^ . i // \ i. 



This is such a well-marked species, and Dr. Anderson {I. c.) has 

 recently so well described it, that I need only give its chief dimen- 

 sions, taken from the type specimen, an adult male in spirit, col- 

 lected by Col. Sykes in the Deccan. 



