1878.] J. Anderson — 0?t the Stth- Genus 'Neso]iisi. 221 



mammary teats=* : and, lastly, a third division containing M. (N.) gif/anteus 

 and M. (N.) elliotanus, {n.s.) the so-called bandicoot rats, with longer skulls, 

 broad incisors, with molars of the type of the second section, but propor- 

 tionally somewhat larger with less wavy laminae, longer anterior palatine 

 foramina and tails nearly equalling the length of the body and head. 

 I have largely collected rats for the Indian Museum from all parts of India, 

 and out of the materials brought together I am enabled to determine the 

 following species belonging to the sub-genus JSfesoTcia. 



1st Section. 

 Mus. (Nesokia) hardwickit, Gray. 



? Arvicola indica, Gray, Gray and Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool, Vol. 1, 1832, 

 PI XI. 



Mus. liardwicJcii, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. (Charles worth), Vol. 1, 1837, 

 p. 585. 



NesoTcia hardtoicTcii, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. X, 1842, 

 p. 265, List Mamm. of 1843, p. 113 ; Jerdon, Mamm. Ind. 1867, p. 190. 



? Mus hydrophilus, Hodgson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XV, 1843, 

 p. 267. 



? Mus pycioris, Hodgson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XV, 1845, 

 p. 267. 



Nesohia griffitldi, Horsfd., Cat. Mamm. East Ind. As. Mus., 1851, 

 p. 145. 



Spalacomys indica, Peters, Abhand. der K. Akad. Wissensch. zu Berlin, 

 1860, p. 143, Taf. IV, fig. 1. 



The head short and bluff, much shorter and broader than in M. (iV.) 

 providens and M. (iV.) hlythianus ; the muzzle broad and deep, and in these 

 respects it resembles (iV.) huttoni. The eye moderately large and situated 

 about half way between the ear and the end of the muzzle. Ears not large, 

 smaller than in these other two species, rounded, seminude, but clad with 

 minute hairs. Tail variable, but much shorter than in M. (-ZV.) providens, 

 and M. (iV) hlythianus, seldom exceeding the distance between the vent 

 and the middle of the neck, but shorter than in M. {N.) huttoni : ringed, 

 nearly nude, less clad than in M. (iV.) providens and M. (AT.) hlythianus, 

 with minute hairs. Feet well developed, smaller than in 31. {N.) huttoni ; 

 claws moderately long ; the upper surface of the feet sparsely clad. 



The fur is generally soft and moderately long, but not so silky as 

 M. (iV.) huttoni : it varies however in this respect and is sometimes somewhat 



* Hodgson described a rat, as M. plurimammis from Nepal and the Terai, wliich, 

 from the description and the proportional length of its tail appears to be an alHed 

 species. 



