168 W. T. Blanford— On Golunda Ellioti. [No. 3, 



lobes are parallel to the inner pair, but intermediate in position to tbose of 

 the middle row. Tbe second upper molar consists of 6 lobes, one of which, 

 however, which is external and anterior, is very minute ; of the other five 

 two belong to the middle row, two to the inner, one to the outer, the pos- 

 terior middle lobe having a spur on the outer side ; the hinder upper molar 

 has but 4 lobes, two belonging to the middle, and two to the inner row ; the 

 hindmost lobe belonging to the middle row is very small. The lower molars 

 are nearly uniform in breadth, the first being a little narrower in front 

 and consisting of seven lobes, 3 on each side, and a minute additional lobe in 

 the middle behind ; the second contains 5 lobes, two on each side, and a 

 minute supplementary lobe in the middle behind ; the last molar contains 

 4 lobes, two internal, one external, and a minute additional lobe in the 

 middle at the back of the tooth ; all these lobes in the lower molars, except 

 the small supplementary talons and the hinder inner lobe of the last molar, 

 are arranged in pairs, and the inner lobes are a little larger than the outer. 

 The following are dimensions in inches and parts of a metre, taken 

 from the specimen preserved in spirit and from the skull extracted from it. 



inches, metre. 



Total length from nose to end of tail, 8"65 "219 



Length from nose to anus, 455 "1 L6 



„ of tail, 4'1 *105 



„ ofearfromorifi.ee, 0*57 "014 



Breadth of ear, 0'57 -014 



Length of fore-foot (not including claws), 042 "Oil 



„ of hind-foot (ditto), 09 "0225 



„ of longest whisker, 1-3 "032 



„ of skull from occipital plane to end of 



nasalbones, 122 -0305 



Greatest breadth of skull across hinder part of 



zygomatic arches, 0"62 - 015 



Length of suture between nasal bones, - 42 - 0105 



Breadth of frontal bones between orbits, 019 "005 



Length of anterior palatine foramina, 022 - 0055 



„ of row of upper molars, - 26 '0065 



Breadth of bony palate between anterior upper 



molars, 005 -0015 



Length of lower jaw from angle to symphysial 



extremity (incisors excluded), - 68 *017 



Height of do. to coronoid process, - 42 -0105 



Length of row of lower molars, 023 '006 



I have already mentioned that this rat is identical with specimens in 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta. The two skins which I have compared are 



