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synonym of caudatus a,nd revived and described Hodgson's name 

 macmrus, bnt ^ewcojw being the older must stand for the species. 

 Thomas recently (J. B. N. H. S. xxii., p. 683, 1914,) described 

 haileyi. These four species may be arranged in a key as follows : — 



Keij to the species of SoRiCULUS. 



A. — Second upper incisor smaller than 



third; tail short, about 40-45 mm. 1. nigrescens, Gray. 

 B. — Second upper incisor longer than third. 



a. Tail short, about 60-05 mm. ... 2. cavdatus, Hodgs. 



h. Tail longer. 



a'. Tail about 85-90 mm. ... ... 3. leucoj^s, Horsf. 



//. Tail about 76 mm. ... ... 4. haileyi, Thos. 



Distribution : — 



1. 8. oiigrescens, GrEkj. '^'ilp'^ locality: — "Himalaya." 



Other localities : — Bhutan (B. M.). 

 Kumaon ; Sikkim ; Darjiling (M.S.I.) 



Type:~B. M. No. 42.4.29.65. 

 (Tvpe of sikimensis, Horsf., B. M. 

 No\ 79.11.21.482.) 



2. (S. caudatus, Horsfield. Tiipe locality : — Nepal. (Hodgson). 



Other localities : — Kumaon ; Sik- 

 kim ; Darjiling (M. S. I.) 



Oo-f(/2>es :— B. M. Nos. 79.11.21. 

 479 and 480. (Type of riracilicaiula, 

 Anderson, Ind. Mus. Calc.No. 250. h.). 



Lectotype -.—B M. No. 79. 11. 21. 

 479. 



3. 8. leucops, Horsfield. Type locality: — Nepal. (Hodgson). 



Other localities: — Nepal (B. M.). 

 Sikkim (M. S. I.) 



Type:— B.M. No. 79.11.21.483. 

 (Tj^pe of macrMnts, Blanf B. M. No. 

 90.1.1.19.) 



4. 8. haileyi, Thomas. Type locality : — Tsu Eiver, 7,500', 



Mishmi Hills, Assam. (Bailey). 

 Other localities : — None. 

 Type:—B. M. No. 14.1.1.1. 



Gen. II. — Blarinella. 



Thomas established the genus to 

 B, irardi) Thomas. receive a Chinese form, and later 



(A. M. N. H. (8), XV., p. 335., 1915), 

 referred the present species to it. 



