1905.] 



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charactei's closely allied, though widely difiering in colour. 

 General appeai'ance above fulvous grey, slightly greyer over the 

 anterior part of the body ; below -^^ery pale bufi*. Each hair is 

 slate-grey fi-oni its base and for the greatei- part of its length, 

 with a fulvous subterminal portion and dark tip. On either side, 

 between the limbs, the dark tips ai-e absent, leaving a clear fulvous 

 patch. Intei'spersed in the fui- are a few thin black bristles. 

 The feet are whitish, both palms and soles are 5-tuberculate. The 

 tail is bicolor. The ears small and sparsely covered with hairs 

 similar in colour to those on the rest of the body. Mammae eight 

 in number, four pectoiul and four inguinal. 



Shidl. The dental characters are practically identical with those 

 of Ph. hhjthi. The skull itself is very similar in general outline, 

 but slightly smaller ; this is especially noticeable in the bullfe, 



Text-fio-. 53. 



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m 



A, upper, and B, lower right molar series of Jlici-ofus waltuni. 



which do not stand out so prominently from the rest of the 

 cranium. 



Dimensions of type (from spirit). Head and body 98 mm. ; 

 tail 30; hind foot 17 ; ear 10*5. 



Skull. Greatest length 28 mm. ; basilar length 24"5 ; zygomatic 

 lireadth 16'5 ; interorljital breadth 4; length of nasals 7 ; dia- 

 stema 8*2 ; palatal length 15 ; length of molar series (text-fig. 53) 

 (alveoli) 7. 



IlahiUd. Lhasa, Tibet. 



Tifpe. B.M. 5.4.6.5. $ ad. Collected by Capt. H. J. Walton, 

 T.M.k 



This interesting species cannot well be confused with any other, 



