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tic Ledgehogs, and, as already stated, by its one-fanged simple second premo- 

 lar placed out of the line of the teeth, and by the rather marked post-orbital 

 contraction. The teeth are large and about the same size as in JE. onicropus^ 

 only the second premolar of the latter is excessively minute. The other 

 characters wherein it differs from E. micropus, have been already indicated 

 under that species. 



As already remarked, this form was first described by Hutton as a 

 probable variety of certain hedgehogs which he doubtfully regarded as 

 E. eollaris, which two of them appear to have been, but this third specimen, 

 however, was undoubtedly ^. p ictus. E. micropus has diverged from the 

 ordinary character of the genus more than any other Indian hedgehog, as 

 is evinced by the absence of the malar, and in the excessively rudimentary 

 character of its second premolar, and these modifications occurring in the 

 most southern outlier of a Palsearctic type are noteworthy. 



A hedgehog obtained at Guna by Dr. A. Barclay would seem to indi- 

 cate that the two species may possibly interbreed, as I have experienced 

 some difficulty, judging by external characters only, in saying to which it 

 should be properly referred. The coloration of its spines is more like that 

 of E. pictus, than JE. micropus, as the tips are broadly white, but, unlike any 

 other example of E. pictus that has come under my observation, the brown 

 band from the forehead is prolonged beyond the angle of the mouth across 

 the throat. In all other respects, the coloration is alike to that of E. 

 micropus. The ears also are somewhat larger than in E. pictus. The 

 affinities, however, of this hedgehog as manifested by its teeth and the form 

 of its skull are towards E. pictus. 



Besides occurring at Giina, the most southern locality from which I 

 have obtained it, I have received it also from Ulwar, from Major T. Cadell, 

 V. C. ; and the Indian Museum also came into the possession of a large num- 

 ber of specimens from Agra through Mr. A. E. Carlleyl. An example from 

 Karachi has been receivedby exchange with the Municipal Museum, through 

 the valued assistance of Mr. J. A. Murray. This latter specimen agrees 

 with one in Mr. W. T. Blanford's possession from the same locality. He 

 also possesses an adult male from Jeysulmere, the dimensions of which are 

 given in the first column of the foregoing measurements. 



It is probable that E. indicus was applied by Royle to the hedgehog 

 which occurs about Delhi, and which appears to be this species. 



Ebinacetts geati. Plate IV. 

 Erinaceus eollaris, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool , Vol. I, 1872, Plate VIII, (not 

 described) : id. List. Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. SI, parfim : Hutton, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. XIV, 1845, p. 351, (first two specimens only) ; 



