Fig. 3.— Side 

 ramnadensis. 



view of skull of M. 



386 T. Bentham : A new species of mouse. [Voi.. II, 1908.] 



Colour. — In all eight specimens this is constant, being a light, 



almost golden fawn on the 

 upper parts, lighter towards 

 the side of the head. Hair on 

 upper parts ash-grey for basal 

 two- thirds, a sub-terminal ring 

 of light golden fawn, the ex- 

 treme tips dark brown. Ears 

 dark silver grey both inside and 

 out. Under parts and upper 

 lip dead white, each hair being 

 of the same white throughout. 

 Tail clay-colour above, lighter below, and faintly ringed through- 

 out its length. 



Dimensions. — The following are measurements of two small 

 females in the flesh taken by Dr. Annandale : — 



Head and body . . . . 66 mm. 55 mm. 



• Tail .. .. .. 61 ,, 50 ,, 



Ear .. .. .. 10 „ 8 „ 



Hind foot . . . . 13 ,, 10 ,, 



Measurements of dry skin of fiill-grown male : — 



Head and body . . . . • > 77 mm. 



Tail 55 „ 



'- - Ear . . . . . . . . 10 ,, 



Hind foot . . . . . . 16 ,, 



' •• Measurements of two male skulls: — ■'' 



Total length .. -.25 mm. 25 mm. 



Breadth, zygoma to zygoma 12 ,, 11 ,, 

 Ivcngth nasals .. , . 11 ,, n ,, 



Some of the specimens were sent to the British Museum, 

 where Mr. Wroughton stated that they might prove to be iden- 

 tical with Blyth's Mus albidiventris [cf. Mem. Asiat. Soc Bengal ^ 

 vol. i, p. 22). Blyth, however, afterwards admitted that this 

 mouse was identical with Mus cervicolor. 



In any case there seems to be no specimen of ' ' albidiventris ' ' 

 in existence, and, as Blyth's description of this animal appears 

 to be too short to be definitive, it would be better to drop the 

 species altogether. The mouse under discussion is certainly not 

 M«*s cemco/or, as can be judged from the above description. I pro- 

 pose, therefore, to make a new species and call it Mus [Leggada) 

 ramnadensis, sp. nov., in virtue of the locality whence it was 

 obtained. J 



