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One and probably more than one of the following descriptions in 
the Ann. Mag. N. H. XV. (1845), pp. 267—8, are likely to refer to 
M. rnpicus; and not any of these names occur either in the Br. 
Mus. Catal. of Dr. Gray, nor in the late Dr. Horsfield’s Catalogue of 
the specimens of Mammalia in the India-House Museum, (1850) ; 
but some of them are noticed, as will be shewn, in the Br. Mus. Catal. 
of Mr. Hodgson’s specimens. 
“Mus ? pyororis,* H. characterized by its bluff face with short thick muzzle, 
and by its short tail, one-third short of the length of the animal. Pelage of two 
sorts, with the long piles sufficiently abundant, colours of rattoides, or of dusky- 
brown, with a very vague rufous tinge. Below fulvescent ; long hairs all black ; 
rest with hoary bases and black points. Inner piles mostly dusky. Snout to vent 
7 in.; tail 43 in; head 13 in.; ears 13; palma 2; plauta 14. Tenants the woods 
only ;”’—4. e. open jungle ? (I take this to be a synonym of NESOKIA INDICA.) 
“Mus Mysrurix, H. Remarkable for its soft mouse-like pelagi, and for its 
tail covered with hairs, so as to conceal the annulated skin nearly. Fur soft, 
short, and of one kind only; colours clear; above dull fawn, below fulvescent. 
The piles above are dusky at their roots, black in their centres, and red at 
their tips. The tail is still shorter than in Mus ? pyctoris, being not two-thirds 
of the length of the animal. Snout to rump 6 in.; tail 3$; head 13; ears 14; 
palma j%; plautalj,. Tenants the woods only, dwelling in burrows under 
the roots of trees, but not gregariously.” (Qu. young of NESOKIA INDICA ?) 
“Mus (?) HypRoPHILUS, H. [Arvicola hydrophilus, H., J. A. 8. X. 915, [apud 
Gray]. Small Water-Rat of Nepal. Dwellsin holes on the margins of ponds 
and rivers: characterized by its small ears, which are hardly above one-third the 
length of the head; also by its short tail, and by a pelage that is short and 
fine, though not so mouse-like as in the last, Above dusky-brown, below and 
the limbs nearly white. Long piles inconspicuous. Head larger and muzzle 
thicker than in the common land Rats. Snout to vent 33 in.; tail 22 in. head 
14 in. ; ears 3, in.; palma 2; planta %.’t 
* In Br. Mus., a “specimen with skull, in very bad state.” Also a “ draw- 
ing, of natural size’—‘‘ Inhab. Nepal, central and northern hilly region.” “ Fur 
soft, dark brown, minutely gray varied, with scattered narrow, white bristles. 
Lower cuttime teeth very narrow, rounded in front, middle of belly whitish. 
Tail nakedish, Hind-feet 1 in. 3 lin,; tail 4in.; (imperfect) body and head 7 in. ; 
skull 1} im.’ (Gray). 
+ In Br. Mus., ‘a flat skin, without fore-limbs ; tailskinned at the end ;” and 
‘a drawing of natural size.’ ‘‘Inhab. Nepal, central and northern hilly 
region.” “Fur yellow-brown, minutely black-varied; hair rather short and 
rigid, lead-coloured, with yellow tips, and with scattered narrow black bristles ; 
beneath yellowish-white ; tail hairy, yellow, hind feet 1 in.; tail 3 im.’ (Gray.) 
{ NeEsoKIA HYDROPHIZA apud Gray ; who also admits his Nesokia (!) kok from 
Nepal, v. M. providens, Mlliot, &e. In Br. Mus., a “specimen without tail, im- 
perfect skull, and drawing of adult and young, nat. size. Grey-brown, beneath 
whitish ; fur very soft, with rather elongated, very slender, soft, longer hairs ; 
