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13a. was obtained from bed Cb in tbe Cathedral ; and there is another specimen from 
bed B in the Charnel-House. 
Mandible. — Mandibular rami are comparatively common, and have been obtained 
from beds well down in the series in both the Cathedral and Charnel-House caves ; 
the specimen 1 figured in pi. VIII. figs. 14, 14a is from bed Ch in the former. 
Limb-bones. — The imperfect femur represented in fig. 4 of the above plate, as 
being smaller than the corresponding bone provisionally referred to N. bandicoota , 
probably belongs to the present species. A humerus (No. F. 347) from bed Ca in 
the Cathedral agrees in relative size with the figured femur. 
Mus mettada 2 (Gray). 
Syn. Golunda mettada, Gray. 
Skull. — An imperfect skull and numerous mandibular rami (No. F. 209) of this 
species have been obtained from the Charnel-House, but the extremely fresh ap- 
pearance of these specimens, coupled with the burrowing habits of the species, 
renders it doubtful whether they are really contemporaneous with the pleistocene 
fauna. The mandible of this species is readily distinguished from that of Golunda 
ellioti by its inferior vertical depth, and a specimen of a left mandibular ramus (No. 
F. 209a) from bed Cd in the Cathedral, which is well fossilized, probably indicates 
the occurrence of the species among the pleistocene fauna. 
Mus platythrix, Sykes. 
Syn. Leggada platythrix, Gray. 
Skull. — Of this small burrowing mouse an imperfect cranium and several man- 
dibular rami (No. F. 210) have been obtained from the Charnel-House, but their 
fresh condition points to their recent introduction. 
Mus (?) sp. var. 
Mandible. — Three species of Muridce apparently distinct from any of those 
specifically named in this memoir are indicated by mandibular rami, which from 
their well-mineralized condition are apparently contemporaneous with the pleistocene 
fauna. The first specimen (No. F. 339) belongs to the right side, and the length of 
the three molars is 0 - 29 inch ; it was obtained from bed Gd in the Cathedral. The 
second (No. F. 340) is from bed X in the Charnel-House, and is rather larger than 
Mus mettada; a fragment of the right maxilla probably belongs to the same in- 
dividual. The third form is represented by a left mandibular ramus (No. F. 341) 
from the same bed, which is slightly larger than Mus platythrix. 
Golunda ellioti, Gray. 
Skull. — Several specimens (No. F. 211) of the cranium and mandible of this 
species have been obtained from the Charnel-House, but their unaltered condition 
indicates their recent origin. 
1 This specimen belongs to tbe right side, but has been reversed in order to facilitate comparison with fig. 15. 
2 Amended from meltada ; see W. T. Blanford, ‘ Journ. As. Soc. Beng.’ vol. XLV. pt. 2. p. 170. note (1876), where it 
is shown that the species is not a Golu/nda. «' 
