MAMMALIA. 
51 
No 
1T1 ale, n0T ^ ■^ U , 1 . < n scullyi was obtained by Dr. Stoliczka. The type, a dried skin of a 
<: l°se to the ba^ ,. IU ^ an Museum, was collected by Dr. Scully on June lltli, 1875, at Sanju, 
Se 0 the Kuenlun, south-east of Yarkand. 
35. Mus siiBLiMis, sp. nov. 
Mus 
]J: ' ts w-wpes ? W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Ft. 2, p. 108. 
PHo$i S) caudd - n ' 6 '*ubtm albidus, vellere molli, longmsculo, basin versus schistaceo, aurieulis 
" >'ostr 0 ad ^ et ° s ® cor porem cum capite longitudine excedente , pedlbus longiusculis. Long. 
Phntce 08$ p 0 ji ° au ^ CB (exempli in spiritu vini conservati) 2 m 6, caudce 3' 05, auris O‘o, 
Colou a »kse, west of Pankong Lake, Ladak, 13,000 feet. 
rather lou?J ° ) La ' r brown, below whitish, the colours passing into each other ; fur soft 
bel 0Wj ( p u T a ] )0Ul ' 0'35 inch on the middle of the back ; all, except the tips, both above 
j^t-browv, A S oty-grey, the terminal portions of the shorter hairs on the 
lla rk-b r , that ‘ 
back being 
-mjwh ,, ot the longer hairs, which are about 0*45 inch long and very numerous, 
( ’ V(!r it, the u, aCG 1Uuc ' 1 the same colour as the back, also with long blackish hairs scattered 
Jars oval, clad 61 - ^iskers black ; the lower, some of which are longer than the head, white. 
! U the Verier Wlth . ratW mattered light rufous-brown hairs near the margin inside, and 
filial hair s are ^° . 011 °f the outer surface, on the posterior outer surface the short mar- 
pale colo^d 1 l ^’ ^ 1G ' ia * l s on the portion of the outer surface near the head arc long 
ha; 
Feet thinly clad with short light-brown hairs, tail with short bristly 
m™, le dusky-brown above, whitish below. The colour of the type has become 
The - nif(ms ‘ 
PahA Which 
1 ale r and 
e tail, which 
v ,. lu whnj ‘ SmCe ^ le a b° ve description was' written in 1875. 
I J ( ls the head airl ' ^ ^ ne anc ^ tapers gradually and regularly from the base to the tip, ex- 
. 11 <l ath th ein aUC ' 30c ly in length. The hind feet are rather long and narrow, the tubercles 
die 
thi 
pair, as usual, close together at the base of the 
lr<ie Middle tr '• !l US dlstr lbuted : the distal 
^huier, and the t le outer tube 
t° the Tu . n ], ,)Ut , < ' r tubercle of the proximal pair nearer to the inner of the second pair 
. "WiC LO0S || XT 7 * o 
and ii 16 ou ^ er tubercle of the next pair considerably farther from the heel than 
my V)J, . V/X CUO J71 VA.UXLUX JJtWl U.VW/X Vi ^ UV/WOJ.U. Jv/UJXX 
liut^tl 1 ^ Ui fo,.M naal * nuer tubercle. The fourth toe is distinctly shorter than the second. 
ai ' e rather two proximal tubercles almost form an oblique line with the hallux, 
the claws 
arc , Lue r neaiv.,, +i . 1 1 
^de col OUre(l 1 10 Wnst 5 the second digit is shorter than the fourth. All 
thos blie foll 0win ^ d a " compressed except that of the rudimentary hallux 
the a 
dime: 
animal when alive : 
nsions, being taken from a specimen in spirit, are rather less than 
oth J? 6 sk »u 
on of tail 
s peci, 
es 
°t head and body from nose to insertio 
D °- of tail . 
Do - of head . 
-D °; °t oar from orifice . 
of do. laid flat . 
Af* of fore-foot (palma). 
. °‘ °f tarsus and hind-foot 
i ers from those of M. musculus, M. sylvaticus, M. bactrianus, and most 
Inches. 
2-6 
3-05 
0-95 
0-5 
04 
0-4 
0-83 
m hav 
ln » the malar bone distinctly concave on its outer surface, so that the 
