Iu his 
MAMMALIA. 
39 
17,000 feet in r, °p ^ a 9 0m y s curzonice Dr. Stoliczka 1 mentions that a marmot is found up 
ac a v ‘ ^Lhe species was probably A ccmdatus. 
Family — MURID JE. 
W m . 29 ' Arvicola blythi. PI. VIII, fig. 2, PI. Xb, fig. 1. 
S B1 B ;: 1 t 875 / ^ Pt - p- 107 : 
’ ^th, J- A. S. B., 1863, xxxii, p. 89. — Theobald, J. A. S. B., 1862, xxxi, p. 519; 
t Apvicoi a fZl ^ 
l>n yitudinis 8itb ( en e8Cen ^^ U ^ VU8 isabellinus, cauda fulvd, quartern partem iotius 
e^da ctylig, unquQ ° ^ exce ^ ,en, ^ e > euribus rotundatis mediocribus, sparsim pilosis, palmis 
‘wlario ulti mo via '.^°^ car ^ pcirvo obtuso, dentibus molariis similibus Us A. mandarini, 
n e a nteriore ni i ■j' n P os ^ ce magis producto, angulo interno postico ejusdem acutiore , 
" U( '(e p^o — ^*35 ‘ , 1 )U . an t*ce angulo fortiore interno munito. Long, sine caudd 4 — 4'5, 
x 2 5 CUl} di 2, aims 0‘4, plantce 0'8 poll. 
' on n S ° ne s P ee * men in spirit) Tankse, 13,000 feet ; 4, 5, (one skin and one specimen in spirit) Lukong 
1 fegPQ^ ^ * ankong lake ; 6 (skin) unlabelled. 
J'iss of literature '• ho confer a new name upon this vole. I have gone through a 
it, T lS ^uioniys -M Arvicola, in the hopes of finding grounds for maintaining the 
>0, as I believe' ' l^ • no ^ think it can be upheld for the reasons given beneath, and if 
j . 1 wifi fi VS f- ’ * en tical with Arvicola, the name leucurns is forestalled. 
then p rocee ^ U e a somewhat fuller description of this species and its dentition, and 
in s P l!rier al colour | ^ le 9 ue stion of its general relations. 
w hit ^ an< * ^ther varM^ .^ e ^ ovvr ish-brown, below pale-isabelline (brownish- white). The fur 
} la ] j. 0t c °at) fi i s abcMt rf j en gth; in two specimens (which are apparently acquiring the 
third Qn * Qc h long an q * nc h long on the middle of the back; in two others it is nearly 
in tw tIle length 0 C +? ter ’ tBe hasal portion throughout, amounting to more tlian two- 
a C tu re; the tins ** f Up ^. er sui ’t acc > an d about one-half on the lower, dark-slaty, uniform 
. s t black tt, J hinds — the finer isabelline. the coarser and longer dark-brown. 
°Ut/i hin l y °lad witl 01 ^ ai * the head the same colour as the back, ears round, of moderate 
p * 1( (! - Lpp er e 'hrown (isabelline) hairs inside, more thickly and with longer hairs 
Utv^ ri * K)Vc the saipp'f G f S ( t ai 'k-bromi, lower whitish, the longest nearly an inch in length. 
sZrt.tr. as the abdomen ; soles naked ; claws compressed, horn-coloured ; 
^l) 1 C ° Vere d witix Ji Urn * s hed with a blunt compressed claw. Tail cylindrical, distinctly 
t( '• Stoli ez p a tight-brown hair, nearly the same colour as that of the lower parts, 
outer f| tS * e , n §th i s 4 - n } * S I10 t e s gives the following dimensions and particulars. 
Ue dng. u 0K(1 au ^ ^he tail 1-35; ears round, very sparsely hairy inside; iris black, with an 
O nose black- 7 1 ' at) ’ ears 
of fp e _ ’ soles pale, fleshy brown/ 
P ciruens in spirit (the two are of precisely the same size) measures : — 
bo. ^ ^uight line from nose to insertion of tail 
tt . of tail 
Wei ght of 
Bre udth°of e J r tt f o r0m0rifiCe 
bo. 
B «ngth of ^° re 't°°t and claws 
tarsus , hind-foot and claws 
1 J - A. S. B. s 
xxxiv, 1865, p 
Inches. 
3-7 
1-1 
0-33 
0-37 
0-45 
0-82 
111 . 
If the genus be retained, it should be written Phaiomys. 
