M.\.yjfALiA. 439 



A tlcop axillary pouch is formed in botli sexus, by an extension of tlic thick 

 intcsuraent covering!; the breast and sides of the body, to the under surface of the 

 humerus, and lonjjitudiiially to the femur. In the anterior part of this pouch, on 

 the side of the body, behind the axilla, the mamma is placed. 



Skiu thick and almost naked, but a collar of short liairs round the neck, and 

 a few short hairs upon the under ])art of the body and intcrt'emoral apron. 



Lenf,'th of adult male — heail and body 5;3 ; tail 2't) inches. 



Inhabits Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the Malayan Peninsula, and possibly ranges 

 into Tenassorim. 



This bat is perhaps one of the most repulsive to the casual observer known, from 

 its naked skin and the otfensive odour which emanates from the glands in the gular 

 sac. Dr. S. Miiller records that this odour was so offensive as to induce headache 

 and nausea in the artist, M. Van Oort, who could with difhculty therefore complete 

 liis drawing of the animal. It would be interesting to know more of the ludnts of 

 this remarkable creature, which from its wide distribution cannot be considered as rare. 



There is no reasonable doubt that a vast number of species of bats still remain 

 unrecorded from Pegu and Tenasserim. The above li.st has been compiled from 

 Dobson's ilonograph already quoted, some species being included ■which have not 

 been captured \vitliin lUirmese limits, though from their ascertained range, e.ff. from 

 Java to the Khasi Hills, no doubt occurring there in suitable localities. But many 

 species, liitherto only recorded from the JIalayan region, or Java, Borneo and Sumatra, 

 no doubt extend their range into Tenasserim at least, and will reward some future 

 collector who may specially devote himself to these interesting but not easily procured 

 animals. 



Order INSECTIVOEA. 



Plantigrade lissencephalie mammals, having sharp or complex (insectivorous) 

 molars, and small canines. 



Ftimili/ Talpidse. 



Fore feet large ; fossorial -with largs claws. External ears none. Eyes very 

 minute. Tail short or none. Habits fossorial. 



T.^LPA, Linn<em. 



Dentition, I. ,-^^; C. | ; P.M. i^/-^; M. f. 



Talpa leucuea, Blyth. 



Nearly allied to 1\ microura, but differing in the greater development of the tail, 

 and in possessing only two up]ier premolars (instead of three as in 2'. microura and 

 T. europaa). In this, as in T. microura, there is no perforation of the integument 

 over the eye. 



Eanges from SUhet to the valley of the Sittoung (Schwagheen). 



Family Soricidae. 



The Shrews comprise a number of small animals, which arc popularly confounded 

 ■with rats and mice, though the one are insectivores, the others rodents. The two 

 middle incisors above are large and hooked, the lower ones are slanting and lengthened. 

 The snout is lengthened, pointed, and very mobile and sensitive. Some species possess 

 a powerful musky odour, which others want. Dr. Anderson's study of these animals 

 has led him to judge " those adult in ■which the hnsi-occipifal and htisi-sphenoid bones 

 have been united. This is the last suture to disappear, and its obliteration in shrews 

 is the only reliable test of full maturity." 



For a full account of the various species which occur in Assam, some of whirh 

 doubtless range into Burma, reference mav be made to a paper by Dr. James Anderson 

 iu the Jouru. As. Soc. Beug. 1877, Part 11. p. 261. 



