1876.] W. T. Bknford— On Golunda Elliott. 167 



with a pale tip, being scattered over the back, and producing the brown 

 colour, which resembles that of a hare (Lepus europceus v. L. rtificaudatus) . 

 The average length of the hairs in the middle of the back is rather less than 

 half an inch ; the longer hairs measure 06 to - 7 of an inch. The whiskers 

 are black near the base, brown towards the ends, the longest being about 

 the same length as the head. Muzzle thickly clad with short hair. 



The ears are rounded, nearly naked, having only very short scattered 

 hairs outside, but thinly clad with brown hair inside. The feet are pale 

 brown above, the soles naked. The tubercles on the soles are well develop- 

 ed ; on the fore-foot there are five, three arranged in a triangle at the 

 base of the three middle toes, and two rather larger, close together, and 

 nearly parallel, behind. The rudimentary hallux is behind the former 

 tubercles and in front of the latter ; it is furnished with a small flat nail ; 

 the other claws are compressed. In the hind-feet all five toes are furnished 

 with compressed claws, much longer than those on the fore-toes. The 

 second, third, and fourth hind-toes are nearly equal in length, the middle 

 toe being scarcely longer than the others, and the fourth a little shorter 

 than the second ; the first and fifth toes also are subequal, the first being 7 

 mm. (0*27 inch) shorter than the second. The tubercles on the sole are in 

 three pairs, each pair being nearly parallel, and the middle pair rather 

 farther apart than the other two. The claws are pale horny in colour. 

 The tail is stout at the base and tapers gradually to a fine point ; it is 

 rather shorter than the head and body, finely ringed, and thinly clad with 

 short bristly hairs, which are black above, tawny on the sides and below. 

 There are 2 pectoral and 2 inguinal pairs of mammae. 



The skull is typically murine, the deep fissure running downwards from 

 the large infraorbital foramen being open as in ordinary rats ; there is a 

 well marked crest which runs along the edge of the frontal bones above the 

 orbit, and is continued back over the parietal bones. The interparietal is 

 convex behind and nearly straight in front ; it is about half the breadth of 

 the skull. The zygomatic arch is strong. The anterior palatine foramina 

 (foramina incisiva) are very long and extend fully two-thirds the distance 

 from the incisors to the molars, but their hinder termination is in front of 

 the molar teeth. The incisors in both jaws are deep orange externally ; those 

 of the upper jaw are flat in front and have a rather deep longitudinal 

 groove near the external edge ; those of the lower jaw are flattened in front 

 and smooth. The upper molars are broad with low crowns ; the bony palate 

 narrow. The surface of the tipper molars consists of nearly semicircular 

 lobes arranged in three longitudinal series, each lobe having its convex 

 margin directed forwards. The anterior upper molar contains 7 lobes, three 

 in the middle which are rather longer than the others, two inside which are 

 rather less, and two outside which are the smallest of all. The two outer 



