1881.] W. T. Blanford— On Myospalax fuscicapillus, Bhjtli. 123 



although the two approach each other very closely. The nasals have not the 

 peculiar form that they have in 111. fuscicapillus, but are simply arcuate or 

 convex externally, and the prsemaxillse terminate posteriorly opposite the 

 end of the nasals and the origin of the zygomatic arch. The anterior 

 palatine foramina, though small are not quite so minute as in the Quetta 

 species, and the posterior portion of the palate is less deeply grooved. The 

 posterior nares and pterygoid fossse are similarly shaped. In the lower 

 jaw the coronoid process is shorter, and the angle is differently shaped, but 

 the peculiar condyle is precisely similar, the tubercle at the root of the 

 incisor being just outside and below in both species. 



It is evident that if, as I believe, E. fuscicapillus belongs to the genus 

 Ellohius, the short description of that genus by Alston in his classification 

 of the order Glires* will need some modification, since the skull in the 

 species now described is not very like that of Arvicola and the facial portion 

 is more developed instead of less. 



* P. Z. S., 1876, p. 85. 



