with long hairs to the wrist, longer than those on the corresponding portion of the hind limb. Feet covered with short brown hairs, a few longer, overhanging the claws. Claws strong, but short. Snout, ears, feet and tail brownish. Tail thickened at the base, rounded, ringed and rather thickly clad with brown hairs, with a few longer whitish hairs intermixed, and nearly equalling the length of the trunk without the head. Fur soft, rather long a rich rusty brown, with a golden sheen in certain lights. Under surface rusty gray. Some are darker than others.

These measurements would seem to indicate that the males have rather longer tails than the females, but the specimens at my disposal are not sufficiently numerous to permit of this point being settled, but there can be no doubt of the specific identity of the specimens which yield these results.

The skull of the type appears to be that of a male, not fully mature, as its basi-occipital suture is still unclosed. The posterior process of the first upper incisor is moderately developed and there is only a very obscure process on its inner side. It is not so broad as the base of the front portion of the tooth. The second incisor is large, and broader than the conjoint third incisor and canine, but its tip is above the level of the point of the central cusp of the first molar. The canine is considerably larger than the third incisor, and its point is below the level of the anterior cusp of the first molar.

There appears to be a considerable difference between the size of the sexes, as indicated not only by the body measurements but by their skulls. The skulls also indicate that the species is smaller than C. fulvocinerea, because its skull although not very much older than the skulls of which the measurements are given below exceeds them in size. Comparing the skulls of these two species, the first upper incisors of C. fulvocinerea are seen to be larger than in C. blythii, whereas the second upper incisor of the latter is considerably larger than the corresponding incisor of C. fulvocinerea, and its canine is more pointed and larger than the third incisor. The premolar of C. blythii is relatively larger than the premolar of C. fulvocinerea and it has a small cusp-like process of the cingulum on its outer side, which is partially visible externally.

Adolescent ♂ Adult ?

Anterior border of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillæ, in. 1-20 in. 1.13

0.68

Length from condyle of lower jaw to end of alveolar margin, 0.70

Tomes describes the type of S. griffithii as characterized by the large size of its teeth which exceeded, he states, those of any example of S. cærulescens he had ever seen. Such a description however is in no way applicable to the types of S. griffithii as understood by Blyth, and it is therefore perfectly evident, apart from external characters, that they are not the S. griffithii of Horsfield. Tomes, however, did not concur with Horsfield in considering the fur as either short close or soft, but describes it as of medium length, deep blackish gray, glossy and rather coarse. The specimens from Arakan described by Blyth as S. murinus (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVII, 1851, p. 15) were afterwards the types of Blyth's S. griffithii, but these specimens were regarded by Tomes as S. cærulescens.

Blyth was under the impression that the type of S. griffithii was from the Khásia hills, although described from Afghanistan, because he saw a fine skin of a shrew he believed to be S. griffithii from Chárápúnjí in the possession of Griffith. This specimen had been forwarded to the India House by Dr. M'Clelland, and Blyth seems to have concluded that it was the type of S. griffithii, Horsfield. But the evidence is unsatisfactory. And, moreover, Blyth's specimens do not agree with the description of S. griffithii.

It inhabits the hilly region of Assam, (Sibságar), the Khásia Hills (Chárápúnjí) and Arakan.

CROCIDURA (P.) SINDENSIS, n. s.

Snout moderately long, and pointed; ears full and rounded, sparsely clad, the margins and flaps with longish, somewhat stiff hairs. Lower half of limbs seminude; feet slender and toes rather long. Tail rounded, slightly swollen at the base and about four-fifth the length of the trunk. Fur moderately long soft and glossy; neutral gray and washed with umber, but not obscuring the gray; under-parts pale neutral gray with a silvery sheen in certain lights. Snout gray; feet yellowish, sparsely clad with whitish hairs; claws rather long and hooked. Tail ringed, sparsely clad with white hairs, with a few longer interspersed but much shorter than in the generality of Indian Shrews.

Upper incisors short and stout, curved, nearly convergent at their tips. No eminence of the cingulum on the inside of the posterior portion of the tooth which is rather broader than the base of the elongated portion. Second incisor not very large, but equalling the conjoint breadth of the third incisor and canine. The third incisor is considerably smaller than the canine, but the tip of the latter is somewhat above the level of that of the former. The premolar is not very small and it is nearly as broad as the canine behind which it directly lies, but externally it is nearly wholly hidden by the first molar. The anterior cusp on the first molar and its large cutting cusp are not strongly developed: the point of the latter is below the level of that of the second incisor. The anterior portion of the frontals is not much narrower than the portion behind the orbits. This skull is fully adult, as all the sutures have disappeared even to the basi-occipital suture.

Anterior margin of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillæ,
Breadth across maxillæ (molars),......

to tympanic,

Length of upper alveolar line,

Condyle of lower jaw to anterior end of alveolar line,

It inhabits (Sindh) Karáchí.

De Filippi in his description of C. fumigata mentions, as a character of the species, the presence "along the lower jaw, on each side of the mentogular region, of four small prominences each bearing a long hair." These hairs, however, are common to all shrews as far as my observations go.

CROCIDURA (P.) PEALANA, n. s.

Body slender; snout long and pointed; feet moderately slender; lower half of limbs with short hair, but the feet are moderately well clad. The claws are rather short and strong. The tail is a little more than two-thirds the length of the trunk, rounded, clad with brownish black hairs, with a few,

long white hairs intermixed. Ears of moderate size, tolerably well clad, the margins of the flaps fringed with longer white hairs. Fur moderately long. General colour gray with a deep wash of brown, but with gray hairs intermixed in the adults, giving to the fur a'somewhat grizzled aspect in certain lights. In aged specimens, a grayish area occurs below the eye and, behind the angle of the mouth. Under surface sooty brown, or grayish, more or less washed with brownish on the chest.

The upper incisors are well developed but not very long. The posterior process is prominent but not so broad as the base of the long part of the tooth. The second incisor is large, and more than the breadth of the third and the canine: the latter is only a little smaller and shorter than the former. The anterior cusp of the first molar is about the same level as the canine. The premolar is behind the canine and is only partially visible externally. In the adult, female skull, the teeth are much worn and therefore appear very short, and the premolars have broken off, level with the alveolar border.

This species is distinguished from C. blythii and C. heterodon by its smaller feet and by its colour, also by the character of its upper incisors and by its small premolar.

Anterior margin of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillæ,
Breadth across maxillæ,......

from condyle of lower jaw to end of alveolar line,

in. 1.13

0:41

0.22

0:30

0.17

0.52

0.56

0.65

This form is one of the many additions which have been made to the fauna of Assam by Mr. S. E. Peal. The specimens were obtained at Sibságár.

CROCIDURA (P.) BLANFORDII, n. s.

Snout long, slender and attenuated. Ear moderately developed, sparsely clad with short hairs which appear as a pale fringe along the margin; flaps with longer and stronger pale hairs. Feet rather long and slender, also the toes moderately well clad with brown hairs, uniform with the body; claws yellowish, moderately strong, compressed, curved at the tips. Tail a little thickened at the base, well haired, with short, brown hairs completely obscuring the rings: long hairs white and numerous. Tail apparently considerably shorter than the trunk. Fur very short, dense and mole-like, grayish at the base, the remainder wholly brown, and showing a somewhat finely speckled appearance in reflected lights; under-parts grayish-brown with a silvery sheen; snout, feet and tail brownish; skin of ears blackish.

First upper incisors moderately long and close together: basal cusp conically pointed. Second incisor very large, canine somewhat larger than the third incisor. The two nearly equalled by the horizontal or basal length of the second incisor. The premolar is very small and wedged in between the canine and first molar. The point of the second incisor is somewhat below the level of the point of the chief cusp of the first molar.

Anterior margin of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillæ,

from condyle of lower jaw to end of alveolar margin,

in. 0.98

0:35

0.22

0.26

0.39

0.50

0.49

0.59

This shrew was obtained by Mr. W. T. Blanford at Khandalla, on the

Western Ghats, near Bombay, at an elevation of 2000 ft.