226 F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kachh. [No. 3, 
Erinaceus (TJevmechAwus) albulus, n. sp. 
Snout very long and pointed, ears moderate, ovate at tip ; spines irregularly- 
placed, much os in pictus, but comparatively longer and thicker ; each of - them is 
dusky at the base, then up to half its longth purely white, followed by a blackish 
brown ring, its breadth being only about one fifth of the total length, tip largely white 
and rather abruptly pointed, the result being a prevalence of white colour on the upper 
surfaco of the body. There is no perceptible nude spaco between the ears, and the spines 
begin immediately on the hind neck, and the largest on the back are fully one inch 
long. Each spine is surrounded by 24 to 26 fine longitudinal furrows, separated by 
minutely tuberculated ridges, scarcely wider than the furrows. The tail is almost as 
short as in pictus. 
Head entirely rnfescent above and at the sides, except upper mandible towards 
the angle of the month, this being white ; base of ears alBO whits, as well as the entire 
underside, which is thickly set with long hairs, passing into a slight rufescent shade 
on the sides of the belly. Ears, lower portions of front and hind feet and tail dusky 
brownish, being thickly intermixed with short, white hairs ; moustache brown, whitish 
towards the tip. Claws strong, five on each foot, very pale brownish. 
The only specimen measures veiy nearly seven inches j the ear slightly exceeds 
one inch ; distance from tip of snout to the angle of the mouth not quite one, to the ear 
slightly more than one and a half inch. Dr. Henderson gives the locality, ‘ Langur 
near Sanju; Yarkand,’ and the native name 1 Keepa.’ 
The only known form to which the present species is closely allied is lybicus , 
Ehrenb., which has similarly grooved and similarly coloured spines, but they are de- 
cidedly shorter, and the coloration of the other parts of the body is different. 
From all the above noted species which, as I stated, aro referable to the section 
Hemiechinus, E. albiventris, Wagn., differs by having only four toes on the hind feet, 
and the spines sulcated and smoothly ridged. The typo specimen, which is 65 
inches long, is believed to have eomo from the East Indies, but its precise locality is 
unknown ; it is in the Berlin Museum. The distinctive characters noticed also occur 
in the iEgyptien E. Pnmeri, and Fitzinger separates both as ‘ Peroechinus.’ 
The true Erinacei have five toes on each foot and smoothly striated spines. Of 
the five species known only E. ewopaem, namely the Siberian variety, may be found 
in the Himalayas. 
Carnivora. 
TTrsns labialus occasionally occurs in theWagur district, and I was told 
of a specimen having been shot on Bela, hut it is evidently only a very rare 
straggler. 
I have not on a single occasion seen either a marten ( Maries ) or a weasel 
( Mustella ), though I was told that at least one species of each does occur. 
Of the Felidce, both the lion (F. led) and the tiger (F. tigris) extremely 
rarely occur as stragglers from Kathivar, they had been formerly shot in 
Kachh territory, and a century ago they might have been more common. 
The larger variety of the pard (JF. par dm), usually called panther, is up 
to the present time not uncommon in some districts. It keeps to the thinly 
wooded and rocky parts of the country, and its favourite sport constitutes 
a monopoly with the present Rao of Kachh. 
