MAMMALIA. 
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Xo specimen of A. scullyi was obtained by Dr. Stoliczka. Tbe type, a dried skin of a 
male, now in the Indian Museum, was collected by Dr. Scully on June 11th, 1875, at Sanju, 
close to the base of the IAuenlun, south-east of Yarkand. 
35. MUS SUBLIMIS, sp. noy. 
Mus crassipes ? W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 108. 
3£its subfusc us, subtus albidus, relieve molli, longiusculo, bcisin versus schistaceo, auviculis 
pilosis, caudd setosa corporem cum capite longitudine excedente, pedibus longiuseulis . Long, 
a vostro ad basin caudcs (exempli in spiritu vini consevvati) 2'6, com dee 3 05, auris 0 o, 
plant(B O'83 poll. 
1, J , Tankse, west of Pankong Lake, Ladak, 13,000 feet. 
Colour above hair brown, below whitish, the colours passing into each other; fur soft 
and rather long, about (135 inch on the middle of the back; all, except the tips, both above 
and below, dark slaty-grey, the terminal portions of the shorter hairs on the back being 
light-brown, that of the longer hairs, which are about O'45 inch long and very numerous, 
dark-brown. Dace much the same colour as the back, also with long blackish hairs scattered 
over it, the upper whiskers black ; the lower, some of which are longer than the head, white. 
Ears oval, clad with rather scattered light rufous-brown hairs near the margin inside, and 
on the anterior portion of the outer surface, on the posterior outer surface the short mar¬ 
ginal hairs are whitish, the hairs on the portion of the outer surface near the head are long 
and pale coloured. Eeet thinly clad with short light-brown hairs, tail with short bristly 
hairs, which are dusky-brown above, whitish below. The colour of the type has become 
paler and more rufous since the above description was written in 1875. 
The tail, which is fine and tapers gradually and regularly from the base to the tip, ex¬ 
ceeds the head and body in length. The hind feet are rather long and narrow, the tubercles 
beneath them are thus distributed: the distal pair, as usual, close together at the base of the 
three middle toes, the outer tubercle of the next pair considerably farther from the heel than 
the inner, and the outer tubercle of the proximal pair nearer to the inner of the second pair 
than to the proximal inner tubercle. The fourth toe is distinctly shorter than the second. 
Beneath the fore-foot the two proximal tubercles almost form an oblique line with the hallux, 
but are rather nearer the wrist; the second digit is shorter than the fourth. All the claws 
are pale coloured and all compressed except that of the rudimentary hallux. 
The following dimensions, being taken from a specimen in spirit, are rather less than 
those of the animal when alive :— 
Inches. 
Length of head and body from nose to insertion of tail . . 2'6 
Do. of tail .......... 3’05 
Do. of head .......... 0'95 
Do. of ear from orifice . . . . . . • . fi’5 
Breadth of do. laid flat ........ O'4- 
Length of fore-foot (palma) . ....... 0'4t 
Do. of tarsus and hind-foot ....... 0'83 
The skull differs from those of M. musculus, M 
sylvatic 
us, M. bactrianus, and most 
other species in having the malar bone distinctly concave on its outer surface, so that the 
