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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Table of measure menls of Tupaia nicoharica nicoharica and T. nioharirn surda. 
Name. 
Number. 
Se.\. 
Total 
length. 
Mm. 
385 
410 
410 
392 
413 
395 
402 
383 
415 
375 
380 
390 
396 
410 
410 
416 
404 
390 
390 
390 
380 
406 
395 
390 
410 
390 
400 
403 
400 
400 
382 
410 
420 
Head 
and 
body. 
Tail. 
Hind 
foot. 
Hind foot 
without 
claws. 
Tupaia nicoharica nicoharica 
Do 
111764 
111765 
111771 
111773 
111777 
111778 
111779 
111766 
111767 
111768 
111769 
111770 
111772 
111774 
111776 
1117.80 
111749 
1117.50 
111751 
111752 
111753 
111754 
111756 
111756 
1111757 
111768 
111769 
111760 
111761 
111762 
111763 
111776 
111781 
Female ad . . 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Male juv ... 
Male ad 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Male 
do 
Female 
Male 
do 
Female 
do 
Male 
do 
Female 
Male 
do 
do 
Female 
do 
do 
do 
Mm. 
176 
190 
187 
187 
192 
180 
187 
180 
195 
186 
180 
180 
190 
196 
178 
191 
189 
170 
170 
190 
180 
190 
185 
176 
190 
180 
186 
178 
180 
190 
182 
185 
190 
Mm. 
210 
220 
223 
205 
221 
215 
216 
203 
220 
190 
200 
210 
206 
216 
232 
225 
215 
220 
220 
200 
200 
216 
210 
215 
220 
210 
216 
225 
220 
210 
200 
225 
230 
Mm. 
47.6 
49.6 
50 
50 
48 
47.4 
48 
46 
49.6 
50 
47 
47 
47 
48 
48 
47 
47 
49 
47 
49 
47 
47 
47 
47 
48 
47.6 
47.6 
47.6 
48 
49 
48 
48.4 
60 
Mm. 
44 
46 
Do 
47 
Do 
46 
Do 
45 
Do... 
44 
Do 
45 
Do 
44 
Do 
46 
Do 
46 
Do 
44 
Do 
44 
Do 
44 
Do 
45 
Do 
45 
Do 
44.6 
48.4 
Do 
45.6 
Do 
44 
Do .. . 
45 
Do 
44 
Do 
44 
Do . 
44 
Do r 
44.6 
Do 
45 
Do . 
44.6 
Do 
44 
45 
Do 
Do 
45 
46.6 
Do 
45 
Do 
45 
Do 
47 
' Type. 
GENUS CROCIDURA Wagler. 
CROCIDURA NICOBARICA, new species. 
Type.— Adu\t female (in alcohol), No. 111788, U.S.N.M. Collected 
on Great Nicobar Island, March 15, 1901, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 
Original number, 931. 
Clmracters. — Largest known oriental member of the subgenus 
Crocidura\ total length, about 210 mm. General color, soot}' brown. 
Fur. — The fur is dense and velvety, the hairs on middle of back 
about 4 mm. in length, with a few longer ones interspersed. 
Color. — Dorsal surface prouts brown (slightly darker than Ridg- 
way's PI. Ill, lig. 11), somewhat grizzled in certain lights by the sil- 
very gray reflections from the hairs. Sides, underparts, and both sur- 
faces of legs broccoli brown, slightly washed with wood brown. On 
middle of chest there is an elongate patch of gray, very nearl}' Ridg- 
way's gray No. 8, but faintly washed with broccoli brown. Ears, tail, 
and feet an indefinite fleshy brownish, the thin sprinkling of minute 
hairs not affecting the color. 
Tail. — The tail is so minutely and indistinctly annulated that, at first 
sight, its surface appears to be smooth. On close inspection the rings 
become visible, about thirty to the centimeter at middle. Numerous 
daik hairs with silvery reflections spring from the border of each 
