11Q Note on Larjomys Curzonice, Hodgson. [No. 2, 



(a.) Young specimen from above the Gyagar lake in Rupshu. 

 (b.) An old, full grown specimen from near Kozak on the Chomo- 

 riri lake in Rupshu. 



(c.) Judging from the teeth, this seems to he a veiy old specimen, 

 from the east side of the Lanak pass, west of Haule. 



This latter specimen has the fur considerably worn off and injured. 

 I found in the skin of this and some other specimens, which I shot in 

 the Puga valley, a great number of larva? of an CEstrus, which causes 

 the injury and a sort of roughness of the fur. As the tips of the hair 

 get worn off, the hue becomes in some places dark spotted, which is 

 caused by the slaty colour of the interior portions. 



It will be seen from the given measurements, that the skull of the 

 young animal is in proportion to the entire body, a little longer and 

 broader than that of the adult, and the ears are also somewhat larger. 

 Tbese proportions may be often observed in Mammalia of different ages. 

 Lagomys Curzonice is one of the largest known species of the genus. 

 Our largest specimen measures 9 J inches, which is only one line less, 

 than the greatest measurement of Lagomys alpinus, Pallas. (Vide 

 Waterhouse Mammalia, Vol. II., Rodentia, p. 16.) Mr. Hodgson's 

 Lmens were much smaller and probably younger. I observed 

 several which were not longer than seven inches, but most of them 

 were about nine inches long. 



The people of Korzok called L. Curzonice, Phise-Jcarin, which 

 means as I was informed, tail-less Phise. Phise or Pheese is the 

 name of PJiaiomys Cucurus, Schreber, which lives here associated 

 with the Lagomys and Arctomys. The name Phise-harin, I was 

 told, is Tibetan, and the Ladak name for L. Curzonice is Sabra. 

 Hodgson gives the name abra ; it is, however, well known, that the 

 letter s before many words is in some parts of Tibet pronounced, in 

 others not so. 



The first place, where I met with L. Curzonice, was a little above 

 tli" junction of the Chomoriri with the Para valley at a height of 

 about 15,500 feet above the level of the sea. It does not live usually 

 at a lower elevation than this ; and if otherwise, as in the lower parts 

 of the Puga valley (14,500 feet,) it is always scarce. Round the 

 Chomoriri lake, where there is comparatively plenty of vegetation, it 

 is associated with PJiaiomys Cucurus, Blyth, and Arctomys bobac, 



