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upper jaw. first incisor with a posterior hook about 

 half the height of the anterior hook , third and fourth uni- 

 cuspidate tooth equal to each other , much smaller than 

 the second and as high as the posterior hook of the first 

 incisor. 



Lower jaw : first incisor with one denticulation near its 

 tip ; second tooth flat , third tooth unicuspidate , as broad 

 as the second. 



All the teeth are white. 



70. P a chy ur a m e g al u r a, n. sp. 



An adult female, Schiefielinsville , Junk River (Stampfli). 

 Tail much longer than in any known species of Shrew , 

 as it measures 13 mM. more than head and body. 



All the hairs have slaty black bases; upperparts of 

 head and body of a beautiful light chocolate-brown , lower- 

 parts pure white: feet and tail with short brownish red 

 hairs. 



Measurements of the type, in spirits. 



Head and body 62 mM. 



tail 75 » 



hind foot . 15 » 



ear 8,5 » 



Upper jaw: posterior hook of first incisor about one 

 third of the anterior hook ; the second tooth, like the fol- 

 lowing much smaller three teeth unicuspidate , has its tip 

 in one level with the tip of the anterior hook of the first 

 incisor; fourth tooth of the size of the posterior hook of 

 the first incisor and somewhat stronger than the third 

 and fifth ; the latter is the smallest and nearly crowded 

 out of view externally. 



Lower jaw : first incisor with two denticulations ; se- 

 cond and third unicuspidate , the third triangular , not 

 double the size of the second. 

 All the teeth are white. 



Notes from the ]L<eyden IMuseum , Vol. X. 



