440 nCRMA, IT.S PEOPLE A X D PUODCCT/OyS. 



a. Tifth wJiite. 

 AxusoREX, A. Milne-Eilwardes. 

 Dentition, f; f ; t:?;? ; 26. 

 The intcrniuxillaiy suture between the first and second lateral teeth. 

 A. AssAMEXSis, Anderson. 

 The type was from Assam, and the species may perhaps range into hills of Arakan. 



CniMARROGALE, AndcrsoH. 

 Feet scaly, ciliated, toes not webbed. Tail long, scaly, quadrangular, thickly 

 clad with coarse adpressod haii-s. Snout elongate. Ears almost hidden, valvular. 

 Habits aquatic. 



Dentition, -=-^a ^ j + _-^_ — 28. 

 C. niMALATicTJS, Gray. 



Upper incisors furnished with a talon. Fur velvety, above dark grey, deeply 

 washed with dark fuli;;inous brown. Below silvery grey, washed witli rusty on tlie 

 throat and uiiddle of the belly. Eye small, almost hidden. l\"'ostrils with an anterior 

 cartilaginous valve. 



Head and body 3-83 ; tail 3-00 inches. 

 Ponsee at 3500, Darjiling, Assam. 



Crocidura, TTugner. 

 Dentition f + f + S =28. 



C. FULIGINOSA, Blyth. 



Fur dense, velvety. Fuliginous brown, -with inconspicuous hoary tips, and 

 basally slaty. The scattered long hairs on the tail fine. iSoles bare to the heel. 



Inhabits Tenasserim. 



A nearly allied species, C. Kingiana, Anderson, inhabits Sikkim ; but this latter 

 species is " distinguislied from it, among other details in its structure, by its narrower 

 feet, although it is a larger form." C. Kimjiana measures — head and body 3'2 ; tail 

 2--J2 ; total 5-62 inches. 



Pachyuba. 

 Dentition, | + f + V = 30. 

 P. indica, GeofF. 

 The musk rat. Kywet-sok. 



Uniform pale grey, the naked parts flesh-coloured. 



Head and body 7-50 ; tail 3-75=ll-25 inches. 



This is the common 'musk rat' of Bengal and Burma, and possesses a powerful 

 musky odour. It haunts kitchens and larders in search of victuals, and enters houses 

 in pursuit of cockroaches and spiders, aud from the repulsive odour it diffuses and 

 im])arts to objects it has passed over, is one of the greatest animal pests in tlic East. 

 The idea of its musky odour penetrating a bottle is absurd, but should the lip of the 

 bottle have been defiled by the animal, the taste will no doubt be imparted to the 

 contents when poured out. 



P. murina, L. 



BrowTiish-grcy above, greyish-brown below, the fur longer and coarser than in 

 P. indiea. Ears large and nude. Size a little less than the last, and the musky 

 odour far less powerful. 



Inhabits the Malayan Peninsula, ranging into Burma according to Jerdou, but 

 this is doubted by Blyth. 



P. GRiFFiTHir, Horsfield. 

 Blackish grey. Teeth large. Ears small. 

 Head and body 5-75 ; tail 2-4 = S'l.'j inches. 

 Ranges from the Khasi Hills into Arakan. 



