CROCIDCKA 109 



the skull resembles that of the small races of Crocidura russula. 

 Teeth as in C. russula, but upper molars with crown area 

 somewhat reduced, a character readily appreciable on comparison, 

 and large upper premolar with autero-external cusp slightly 

 enlarged, its form and relative size approaching the conditions 

 found in C. leucodon. 



Measurements. — External measurements of type (male) and 

 a second specimen from the type locality : head and body, 68 

 and 75; tail, 32 and 35; hind foot, 12 and 12. Average and 

 extremes of six specimens from San Giuglielmo, Castelbuono, 

 Sicily : head and body, 76-3 (72-80) ; tail, 35-3 (32-41) ; hind 

 foot, 12'8 (12-13). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 113. 



Specimens examined. — Fourteen, all from Sicily. Exact localities : 

 Palermo, 5 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Marsala, 2; San Giuglielmo, Castel- 

 buono, 6 ; Ficuzza, 1. 



2 ?. Palermo, Sicily. J. I. S. Whitaker (p). 98. 10. 6. 2-2*. 



1. Marsala. {A. Robert.) O. Thomas (p). 6. 8. 4. 26. 



3 cJ, 1 ?. San Giuglielmo, Castel- 0. Thomas (p). 8. 9. 1. 6-9. 

 buono. (^4. Bobcrt.) 



CROCIDURA CANE.ffi: Miller. 



1909. Crocidura canese Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., iii, 



p. 418, May, 1909. Type in British Museum. 



1910. Crocidura canex Trouessart, Fauna Mamm. d'Europe, p. 48. 



Type locality. — Crete. 



Geographical distribution. — Island of Crete. 



Diagnosis. — Size and general appearance as in the smaller 

 forms of Crocidura russula, and skull with similarly deep cranium ; 

 but second upper premolar as large as third, and entire anterior 

 portion of upj^er tooth-row unusually long relatively to cheek- 

 teeth. 



Colour. — The colour does not difter appreciably from that of 

 dark individuals of C. 7-ttssula. 



Skull. — The skull is essentially .similar to that of the smaller 

 forms of Crocidura russula. Brain-case slightly more than half as 

 high as wide. Anterior portion of palate between unicuspids 

 and anterior incisors more nearly parallel-sided, and more 

 elongate than in any of the related species. 



Tectli. — The teeth differ from those of all the other known 

 European members of the genus in the approximately equal size 

 of the two small upper unicuspids and in the longer, relatively 

 narrower crown of the first imicuspid. In the related species the 

 first unicuspid is so wide posteriorly that it makes an abrupt and 

 noticeable break in the outline of outer side of tooth-i'ow. In 

 C. caneie this tooth, though larger than usual, is not sufficiently 

 wide to project beyond the general line of the outer margins of 

 the unicuspid teeth. Second unicuspid fully as large as third, 

 which is of normal size. The unicuspid row is thus distinctly 



