pv MAMMALIA. 57 
ever ywhere, e . 
‘ Ul< f 4 inguinal a1 ^ le ex treme tips of the toes and at the heel. Mammae 8, 4 pectoral, 
Th « Ct rejuT 1 11 in the § enus 
Pj , a serri icircular khe^^ P^ arac ^ er °f this species is the presence at the end of the snout 
Us lobe can, 0 f ° u1l1< f L forms a flap completely covering the openings of the nostrils. 
lris Us Presence c C ° UrSe ’ ? n ^ be well seen in the specimen preserved in spirit, in the dried 
an ,l( lult female ti* S< l nie ^ mes be detected, hut not always. In the only spirit specimen, 
long. e a P measures about 0'3 inch in breadth, and is barely an eighth of ,; an 
J nsid f ; the surface M ou f s *d e an d inside, the hairs being very short and rather scattered 
'Mdently to bee >0 ° W 11le ll0s t 1 “ils covered by the flap is also hairy. The use of this lobe 
TMoUowi P ° U sand and dust from the air-passages, 
tb ,Tla, ^ e< l) from ^ eaSlU ‘«s are Dr. Stoliczka’s, taken from the label of a specimen (sex 
' a l ^ the specimen la ^’ an( l are doubtless from the fresh animal. On the label it is noted 
H ( iftien preserved WaS ^^ 6 - 1ar ° es f seen - I add in another column (2) the dimensions of the 
ln s P lr it, a female, and of course slightly contracted : — 
Inches. 
5*5 
The foil, 
L 7f from n °se to rump . 
Do °f ta '^ w iil ,out the hair at the end 
of do. with do 
^ QCe eye to snout . 
T,„_ , , do. to ear 
K ° f ear fr om front ba'se 
P from orifice 
breath Of e„, 
U “S“> of fore-foot 
Do - of hind-foot 
to tip 
owing 
675 
0-8 
0 3 
0-75 
0-6 
0- 5 
1- 4 
Metre. 
•037 
•019 
•007 
•014 
•0195 
Inches. 
4‘5 
5 
5-75 
0-55 
0-5 
0-4 
0- 45 
1- 3 
Inches. 
1-45 
076 
078 
0'55 
076 
are tlle dimensions of a skull 
Breath ^ 10m 0tu b JUt to en d of nasal bones 
Least hreadtTl f ^ part ot z )'g omatie ai 'ches 
% r f wnoAits • • • 
h 01 oasal bones 
adi - ln tlle s ku]l nf f !°. WC1 JUVV from C0l) dyle to symphysis 
• tiling bones •+ US s f )ec ^ es > the lachrymal bone 
/ a entirely 
,J' Cts ft om the ~T* !’ llaI tlle process of the lachrymal, which in other species of Oerbilhu 
twl"? 1 ’ hut it “ l !T “Ogle of the orhit, 
II 
is 
\uoir i ?. is ^ to a. 
WanthJf T 1U other . forms °f the genus. 
I Noticed tliattl eVidently 136611 lost ’ 111 two otliers ’ wlli cli have been extracted 
appears not to be anchylosed to the 
It is free in one fully adult specimen. 
U SU gM taun d this When 1 obtained a third skull, extracted from ^^01 s 
' Ps;: 1 Ue t° the lachrymal not being united to the surrounding bones 
a mu ch longer ^ meridianus? ' from the Caspian, hut is considerably larger. 
urns deficient in the first two skulls which I 
a specimen in spirit, 
as it 
hadov ^M ebted 
‘s not v,.c- examination. 
It is still nearer to G. tamaricinus , 4 hut differs in colour, in 
for calling my attention to this character, which lie noticed when extracting the skull. I 
is 
Br audt fllnii' 1 ' ! 1 WOuld s, Jg& sS fc the possibility of the absence of this process in Bhomlomt/s (Meriones 
Planus " - ' U l - Acad. S,.; sn [3„i ro.-c _ sou..! j... , ,, x a 
p. 3le< "* ntHdi, 
Mn, 
tarnu> 'i<dn m 
“UU|j l 1311 11 A 1 J. 1/ 
Dallas, ]> e j s ?. ® C1 - St ’ Pet -> xiv > 1856 > P- 76.) being due to the same cause. 
e < u, p. 702 ; Bipus meridiams , Pah, Zoog. Bos. As., i, p. 182.—, 
Pallas, Glir 
Mas longipes, Pallas, Glires, 
es» p. 323. 
