[NO. 380. HAPALOMYS LONGICAUDATUS.]
HABITAT.—Shway Gheen, in the valley of the Sitang river in Burmah, or its adjacent hills.
DESCRIPTION.—"Fur long and soft, measuring about five-eights of an inch on the upper parts, slaty for the basal two-thirds, then glistening brown with black tips, and a few long hairs of very fine texture interspersed; lower parts dull white; whiskers black, long and fine, and there is a tuft of fine blackish-hair anterior to the ears."—Blyth.
SIZE.—Head and body of a male, 5¾ inches; tail 7¼ inches. Of another specimen, female: 5¼ inches; tail, 7½ inches; sole, 1-1/8 inch; ears posteriorly, 1¼ inch.
Specimens of adult male and female with a young one were forwarded to the Asiatic Society's Museum by Major Berdmore.
We have now come to the end of the purely murine group as far as they exist within the limits assigned to these investigations. I ought perhaps to give some short notices of the following specimens discovered in Thibet by the Abbé David, and described by Professor Milne-Edwards in his 'Recherches sur les Mammifères.'
[NO. 381. MUS OUANG-THOMÆ.]
The Kiangsi Rat.
HABITAT.—Kiangsi in Thibet.
DESCRIPTION.—A tawny grey above, mixed with long hairs, tipped with brown, greyish below; between the fore-paws a crescent of pure white, which is a distinguishing mark of the species.
SIZE.—A little less than Mus rattus, which is about seven inches long; tail an inch longer.