*218 MR. J. LEWIS BONHOTE ON THE [Nov. 15, 



Buclm. Mamm. Przew. i. p. 156, pi, xxiii. figs. 1, 2 (1890) ; W. L. 

 Sclater, Cat. Maiiim. Calc. Mus. p. 112 (1891); Blanf. Faun. Br. 

 Ind., Mamin. p. 456 (1891). 



Lagomys nepcdensis Hodgson, J. A. S. B. x. p. 854 (1841), fig. 

 p. 816; id. J. A. S. B. xi. p. 289 (1842); Waterh. Mamm. ii. 

 p. 24 (1848); Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. p. 21 (1846); Horsfield, 

 Cat. E.-I. Mus, p. 148 (1851) ; Giinth. Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist. (4) 

 vol. xvi. p. 230 (1875). 



Genei-al colour in winter dark brown grizzled with bufi", each 

 hair being dark brown with a buff subterminal annulation. The 

 head shows traces of rufous. Under parts white. Feet rufous- 

 buQ". The summer pelage is similar, but the head, shoulders, and 

 flanks are bright rufous (hazel, Bidgw.), the head being slightly- 

 grizzled with black. Under parts sometimes showing a pale 

 median rufous streak. 



The sMdl shows no very distinctive features. It is long and 

 narrow, and the nasal bones, especially at their anterior end, 

 broad. 



Dimensions (from skin). Head and body 175 mm. ; hind foot 

 32 ; ear 23. 



Skull. Palatal length 15"5 mm.; zygomatic breadth 20; length 

 of nasals 1 2 ; length of molar series 1 ; interorbital breadth 6 ; 

 breadth of nasals 7. 



Habitat. Kashmir ; ISTepal. 



The external difierences between this species and 0. wardi 

 have been pointed out in the description of the latter species ; 

 and although somewhat alike, the skull-characters enable them to 

 be easily separated. The series of this species being very small, 

 I have been unable to separate roylei from nepalensis. I fancy, 

 however, that a large series would prove them to be subspecifically 

 distinct. The type of roylei came from the Choor Mts., a little 

 to the west of Kumaon, and the type of nejxdensis from E. Nepal, 

 north of Katmandu. 



OCHOTONA HODGSOXI (Blytll). 



Lagomys hodgsoni Blyth, J. A. S. B. x. p. 817, pi. p. 844 (1841) ; 

 Waterh. Mamm. ii. p. 23 (1848); Gray, Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 3, XX. p. 220 (1867), 



Lagomys tioetamts Milne-Edw. Nouv. Arch. Mus. vii. p. 93 

 (1871); id, Rech, Mamm. p. 314 (1872). 



General colour above dull dai'k reddish brown, shading to pale 

 buffy brown on the flanks. The under parts are of a dirty white, 

 having a reddish median band. The upper sides of the feet are 

 lighter than the rest of the body and slightly tinged with rufous. 



The skulls are so fragmentary that I am unable to give a detailed 

 description. The incisive foramina are much more ti-iangular in 

 shape than in roylei, and their margins tend to slope out gradually 

 from the apex. 



Dimensions (as given by Blyth). Head and body 6 ins. (150 

 mm.) ; hind foot 1'25 in. (32 mm.). 



