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well developed , curved and inclined forewards , separated 

 from the incisors by a wide space. Still wider is the in- 

 terval between the canine and the first premolar which 

 is very strong , provided with a single notch and higher than 

 the second, which is placed at a short distance from 

 it and rises but a little above the third premolar and the 

 other molars. 



Loioer jaw. — The four middle incisors horizontally 

 inclined forewards , closely crowded. Second and third 

 incisor provided with a notch. Canines shaped and sized 

 like the upper canines. They are received into a fossa in 

 the upper jaw. Distance between the canine and first 

 premolar twice the distance between the canine and hindmost 

 incisor. First premolar more developed in all proportions 

 than the second , and like these provided with two 

 notches. The first and second premolar are separated by 

 a distance as large as that between the canine and hindmost 

 incisor. Second premolar a little higher than the third 

 premolar and other molars which are crowded. (See Mi- 

 vart , 0. c). 



Of this species we possess six stuffed specimens, four 

 preserved in alcohol and four skulls , collected by Pollen , 

 V. Dam and Audebert, in N. 0. and N. E. Madagascar 

 and in Reunion. 



4. Hemicentetes variegatus, Et. Geoflfroy 

 St. Hilaire — 1803. 



Head exceedingly elongated, much more than in Hemi- 

 centetes madagascariensis , attaining about a third of the length 

 of the body; muzzle tapering anteriorly, nakedish. 



On the middle of the head is a yellow streak , on the 

 back there are three simular streaks. In the individuals 

 which agree with le jeune Tanrec , Buffon , the streak on the 

 head uninterrupted ^) passes to the streak on the middle 



1) Et. Geoifroy St. Hilaire, o. c. says, "dessus du corps orne de trois 

 lignes blanches jaunatres; celle du milieu s' etend du bout du museau a, I'anus. 

 Le pelage est mêlé de soies et de quelques piquans." 



Notes from the Leyden ^Xuseux». 



