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Hapalomys, nobis, n. g. A very distinct new genus of Muridce, with 

 long and delicately fine pelage, and exceedingly long tail, the terminal 

 tourth of which is remarkably flattened and furnished with hair more 

 developed than in perhaps any other truly Murine form. Limbs short, 

 with the toes remarkably corrugated underneath, the balls of the ungui- 

 nal phalanges greatly developed, protruding beyond the minute claws of 

 the fore-feet, and equally with the more developed claws of the hind-feet. 

 Head short; the ears small and inconspicuous. The skull approaches in 

 form that ofMus indicus; but the rodential tusks are broader and flatter 

 to the front : molars as in the Muridce generally, but much worn in the 

 specimen under examination ; they are considerably less directed outward 

 than usual, and the bony palate has therefore the appearance of being 

 narrow : the super-orbital ridges project much outward, in form of a thin 

 bony plate ; aud there is a considerable process at base of the zygoma 

 anteriorly, and posterior to the ant-orbital foramen : zygomata broad and 

 compressed about the middle. 



H. longicaudatus, nobis, n. s. Length of male 5f in. to base of tail, 

 of tail *J\ in. ; of female 5^ in., with tail 1\ in. : sole li in. : ears pos- 

 teriorly \ in., rounded, and scantily fringed with fine long hairs. Fur 

 long and soft, measuring about f in. on the upper-parts, slaty for the 

 basal two-thirds, then glistening brown with black tips, and a few long 

 hairs of very fine texture interspersed : lower-parts dull white. Whisk- 

 ers black, long and fine ; and there is a tuft of fine blackish hair anterior 

 to the ears. 



Specimens of adult male and female, with a young one, were forwarded 

 by Major Berdmore. 



Cervus (Panolia) ? C. frontalis apud Cantor. The T'kdmine 



Stag, found also in the Malayan peninsula : an exceedingly fine head ; 

 the horns differing as usual from Mfinipur specimens by being shorter, 



M. Tytleri, nobis, n. s. Length 2f in., tail the same, having about 24 

 vertebrae) ; hind-foot f in. Fur unusually long and full, of a pale sandy 'mouse- 

 colour' above, isabelline below, and pale on the well clad limbs and also on the 

 tail laterally and uuderneath. Whiskers exceedingly fine in texture, and of a 

 whitish colour. Male. From the Deyra doon. 



M. MUSCULUS, L. ; from England. On comparing fine specimens of the com- 

 mon English Mouse in spirit with equally fine examples of the Indian house 

 Mouse (M. Manei), it is seen that M. musculus has conspicuously larger ears, 

 much smaller eyes, broader paws, and the tail is one-fourth shorter, — mea- 

 suring 3 in. in musculus and 4 in. in Manei. The fur again is of very different 

 texture. Accordingly the two species are obviously distinct. 



