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Lemnus insularis, Nilsson Kongl. Vetens. Akad. Oefvefs., p. 34(1844)*. 

 Arvicola baillonii, Selys-Long champs. Act. Congres Turin (1840)*. 

 Arvicola neglecta, Jenyns. Ann. Mag. N. H-, vii, p. 270 (1841). 

 Arvicola britlanicus, Selys-Longchamps Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuv., p. 307 (1847). 

 Arvicola arvalis, apud Blyth Cat., no. 409, p. 12S (1863). 



Distribution. — Northern Europe. 



Sub-genus ARVICOLA. 



Arvicola guentheri. 



Arvicola guentheri, Danford and Alston P. Z. S., p. 62, pi. v (1880) ; 



Scully y. A. S. B., Ivi, p. 72. 

 ? Arvicola leucura, Severtzoff Turkest.- yeiiot., p. 82 (1873) ; id. Ann. Mag. 



N. H. (4) xviii, p. 52 \nec Gerbe.'] 



Distribution. — The type was obtained at Marash in the Taurus 

 of Asia Minor ; the specimen in the collection is from Afghan- 

 Turkistan, the species is therefore probably to be found in the 

 intervening country. 



u. Skin, skull Afghan-Turkestan C. E. Yate. 



Sub-genus NEODON. 



Arvicola sikimensis. 



Neodon sikimensis, Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H. (2), iii, p. 203 (1849) \ 

 id. Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 14S; Graj; Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 2nd ed., p. Ii; 

 Blyth Cat. no. 411, p. 12S ; Jefdon Mamm., p. 317. 



Arvicola P thricolis (thricotis), Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 2nd ed., p. 10. 



Arvicola sikimensis, Blanford J. A. S. B., 1, p. no, pi. i, fig. a (1881). 



Distribution.— Sikkim from 7,000 to io,coo ft. in the forests. 

 a. Ale, skull ^ Darjeeling G.King. 



Genus HYPUDAEUS. 



Hypudaeus, IlHger Prodr., p. 87 (1811). 



Hypudaeus lemnus. 



Mus lemnus, LinncBusSysL Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 80 (1766) 



Hypudaeus lemnus, Illiger Prodr., p. 87 (181 1); Bl^th Cat. no. 413, 



Lemnus norvegicus, Desmarest Mamm., p. 287 (1820), 



The Lemming. 



