VOL. XIV, PP, 157-159 AUGUST 9, 1901 



PROCEEDINGS 



or THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW ASIATIC SHREWS.* 



BY GERR1T S. MILLER, JR. 



Among the Asiatic shrews in the United States National Mu 

 seum are two species that appear to have not yet been named. 

 A third was recently submitted to me for determination by Mr. 

 Oldfield Thomas. 



Crocidura ilensis sp. nov. 



Type. Adult female (skin and skull) collected in open grass country 

 at Kukturuk, (altitude, 5400 ft.) Hi, central Asia, October 12, 1899, by 

 P. Church. Original number, 4. Specimen to be presented to the 

 British Museum. 



Character*. In general similar to Kashmir specimens of Crocidura 

 myoide* (Blanford), but smaller. Color distinctly paler than in the Kash 

 mir animal, the feet nearly white. Skull with more slender rostrum 

 and smaller teeth. 



Color. Dorsal surface pale drab, the hairs drab-gray subterminally 

 and a gray about matching Ridgway's No. (PI. II) at base. Ventral 

 surface silvery whitish gray in distinct but not sharply defined contrast 

 with color of back. Feet whitish gray. Tail indistinctly bicolor, 

 whitish gray below, drab above. 



Skull and teeth. The skull is distinctly smaller than that of C. myoides 

 and C. rvvsula, which are of essentially the same size. In form, how- 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



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