1877.] W. T. Blaniord—mte on Golunda Ellioti. 293 



sjoecimens is shorter in proportion to the body than in examples preserved 

 in spirit.* 



The fur is harsh. In the description previously given I omitted to 

 mention that fine hairs are mixed with the coarse flattened and grooved 

 piles which form the greater portion of the fur. 



As the figure of the head which accompanied the previous paper (Vol. 

 XLV, PI. X.) was not very correct a fresh figure is added. It is taken 

 from'another female. In males the head is still more bluff. 



The following is the synonymy : 



GoLTJNDA Ellioti. 



Golunda Mlioti, Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., I, p. 386, 

 (1837). 



Mus Golundee, Elliot, Madras Jour. Lit. Sci., X, p. 208, (1839). 



Mus Ursutus, Elliot, ib. p. 213, (1839). 



' IL Ellioti, Gray,' Wagner, Schreber's Saugth. Supt., Part 3, p. 421, 

 (1843). 



Golunda Mlioti, Gray, Cat. Mam. Mus. Brit. Mus., p. 113, (1843). 



Mus coffcBus, Kelaart, Prod. Faun. Zeyl., p. 67, (1852). 



Golunda Mlioti and G. coffceus, Blyth, J. A. S. B., XXXII, pp. 350, 



351, (1863). 



G, Ellioti, Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. As. Soc, p. 121, (1863). 



G. Ellioti, Jerdon, Mammals of India, p. 212, (1867). 



" Mus Golunde, Elliot," Fitzinger, Sitz. Kais. Ac. Wien, LVI, 1, p. 

 72, (1867;. 



Pelomtjs Watsoni, W. Blanf. Proc. A. S. B., 1876, p. 181. 



Golunda Ellioti, W. Blanf. J. A. S. B., 1876, Vol. XLV, Pt. 2, p. 165, 

 PI. X. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. Head of Mus mettada. 2, 3, 4, Views of the skull. 5, Incisors, seen from 

 the front. 6, molars of upper jaw, left side, double the natural size. 7, molars of lower 

 jaw, left side. 8, right fore-foot. 9, right hind-foot. 



Fig. 10. Head of Golunda Ellioti. 



* The following are the measurements of Nos. 2, 3 and 4 of the above list after 



being preserved for four months in spirit. 



2i$ Z$ 4? 



Totallength, — S'^ ^ 



Nosetoanus, ^ 1^ t^ ^ f^ 



rpail ^^ *"^^ 



Lengtiof-;;;,* 0-65 0;65 0;6 



Breadth of ditto, — — ^60 Ob 



Hind foot, ;••/;••••••••;••• ^ • \^:\ /+% 



It will be seen that the only measurement which has altered much is that ot the 

 body, which has greatly diminished. This is of some importance, and it shews the 

 necessity for a record of the condition of micro-mammaHa when measured, whether the 

 carcase is that of an animal freshly killed or of one preserved by any means. Measure- 

 ments of dried specimens are of course only a rough approxunation. 



