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W. T. Blaiiford — Description of a new Arvicola. 



[No. 4, 



XXIT. — Description of an Arvicola from tlie Punjab Himahtyas. 

 By W. T. Blanpoeu, F. ii. S. 

 Aryicola wynnei, sp. nov. 



A. superne rufescentifuseiis, aliquando griseo-lavatus, sultus pailidior, 

 caudd pediiusque cum dorso concoloribus, caudd fere -f- corporis cum capite 

 ce quant e ; auriculis hrevihus, vellere contectis, pilis longiusculis extus muni- 

 tis ; unguibus longis, albidis coiiipressis, pilis hand obtectis ; pollice brevi, 

 unguifero ; dente molario inferiore antieo angulis 4i externis, 5 internis, 

 spatiis in corond 7 miinito, secondo tertioque singulis angulis utrinque tri- 

 hus, totidem spatiis ; dente superiore primo spatiis 5, angulis utrinque 

 tribus, secundo spatiis 4, angulis tribus externis, duobus internis, tertio 

 denique angulis tribus, quorum ultimus rotundatus, externis, dtiobus internis, 

 ill lobum elongato-ovatum postice productum desinente notando. Long, 

 corporis cum capite 0'12 met., caudce 032, auris 0"07, pedis posterioris a 

 calcaneo 18, cranii 0'028. 



Hab. Ad Mari (Murree) in montibus Himalayaiiis occidentalibus, ad 

 latus occidentale fluniiiiis Jheluia. 



General colour above darlc rich brown with a slight greyish tint, head 

 rufescent, lower parts pale brown, tail the same colour as the back, feet 

 covered with brown hair above, soles pale. Fur very soft, dark leaden grey 

 at the base and for about | the lengtli, tips dark rufous brown on the back, 

 dirty white below. Ears short and rounded, concealed beneath the fur, 

 thinly clad with long hair outside and with short brown hair inside near the 

 border ; a tuft of long hair on the anterior edge of the inner surface. Tail 

 between \ and i the length of the head and body, cylindrical, clothed with 

 long hair at the base and with short brown hairs throughout the terminal 

 three quarters of it length. Claws long, compressed, white, not concealed 

 by long hairs, thumb small with a short compressed claw. The under side 

 of the tarsus is hairy. 



The following are the dimensions, in inches, of two specimens, both 



adult males, in spirit : — 



1 2 



Length of head and body from nose to anus, 4 75 3'5 



Ditto tail from anus (hairs at end not included), ... 1'35 12 



Height of ear from orifice, 0'25 26 



Breadth of ditto, 25 0-26 



Length of fore-foot without claws, .0'4 4 



Ditto of hind-foot and tarsus without claws, 07 7 



Ditto of claw of middle toe, 0"11 0'13 



