42 IXSECTIVORA. 



Its habits are the same as those of 5. fodiens. 



It is rare in England and Scotland, in which latter 

 eonntiy it has ooc-iirred most £re<^uentlv near Glasgow. 

 In France, it has been fonnd near Abbeville. Chartres. and 

 in the Department of the Gard. In Belgium, near Liege, 

 and in Germany, at Frankfort-on-the-Main. where, says De 

 Selys L^ngchamps. it is more common than S. fxlieas. 



On the whole, it seems donbtfal whether or not these 

 two (^so-called) species are really distinct. 



Genus CEOCIDiniA. 



The two lower iacisors not dentated, the two upper 

 with ■?. p' :iiLted heel ; the three or four intermediate teeth 

 in the -pper jaw becoming less from the first tooth : all 

 the teeth are white, 2S or 30 in number ; ears oval, well- 

 dereloped, distinctly longer than the fur, nearly naked ; 

 tail shorter than the body, rounded, fiiTnim'^hing in thick- 

 ness from the root, which is very thick, famished with 

 long isolated hairs and scattered through many short ones : 

 feet almost bare, without stiff hairs. Fur resembling iu its 

 texture that of the Mouse. 



Crocidnra Etmsca, 



Pacl^^ttra Eh^j-sca. Buox. Faoru IxaL 



Croddura Etrxi~sca. Bros. Fauru Ital. ; De Selys. iliiroirmi. 



DESCRiPTi'jy. — Teeth in number 30, f jut intermediate in 

 the upper jaw. Tail shorter than the body, slightly 

 squared, of almost a uniform thickness to the tip, where 

 it ends in an abrupt point ; grey-brown above, whitish be- 

 neath, covered with very short hairs, forming a tuft at the 

 end; from each joint springs a circle of very fine whitish 

 hairs about two Hues in length ; eyes very small ; upper 

 parts of head and body ashy, with more or less of a 



