Ill 
A. B. C. D. E. F. Specimens of various 
ages, procured by the Curator in the Midna- 
pur jungles. G. H. Specimens in spirit, and 
/. Skeleton, from Berhampore, presented by 
Mr. Theobald. /. StuiFed example from Mid- 
napur. Dr. Young (1848). J. K. Ditto, 
from S. India; W. Elliot, Esq. (1843). L. M, 
Ditto, from Ceylon ; E. L. Layard, Esq. 
(1858).* 
254. ' G. AFER, Gray, Sp, Zool, 11, 10 (A. Smith, ///. Afr. 
Zool, t. 85). 
Syn. Mus sericeus, Temmlnck. 
Meriones sericeus, Licht. ? (apud Gray). 
G» africanus, F. Cuvier. 
Meriones Schlegelii, Smuts. 
Hab. S. Africa. 
A, B. Specimens presented by E. L. 
Layard, Esq., J, A. S. XXIX, 99. 
Genus Psammomys, Eiippell. 
255. Ps. OBESUS, Riippell (Atlas, t. 22, 23). 
Syn. Dipus -pyramidum, Geoff., F. Cuv., Sc, Nat, 
XVIII, 463 ? (apud Gray), Diet. 
Hab. Egypt. 
A, Specimen presented by Dr. Riippell, 
J, A, S. XXIV, 252. 
Genus Hapalotis, Lichtenstein. 
256. H. APiCALis, Gray, P, Z. S. 1851, p. 126. 
Hab. S. Australia. 
A. B, Specimens presented by the Mel- 
bourne Institution (1861). 
257. H. MITCHELLII. 
Syn, Dipus Mitchellii, Ogilby, Tr. Lin, Soc. 
XVIII, 129. . 
* I cannot perceive the slightest difference in specimens from all the locali- 
ties noted. Perhaps, on the average, the southern specimens may be a little 
longer in the tarsus ; but the dividing line is most assuredly untraceable. 
Desid. G. ertthrourus, Gray, Ann. M, N. U., X (1842), 266, J, A, S. 
XV, 139. Hab. Afghanistan. ^ 
