NO. 1269. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR MAMMALS— MILLER. 777 
ring. In length the}' slightl}' exceed the width of the rings. These 
hairs are invisible without the aid of a lens, except when seen in pro- 
file against a white surface, or when certain lights cause them to appear 
as a silvery pubescent sheen. With the short hairs are sparsely inter- 
mingled cilia, 10 mm. in length. 
Mammce. — Apparentl}^ there are two inguinal mammje on each side, 
but the specimen is sufficiently mutilated to make the count uncertain. 
l^eet. — Both soles and palms are naked and 6-tuberculate. The sur- 
face between the tubercles is finely reticulated. 
Skull. — The skull exactl}^ resembles that of Kashmir specimens of 
Crocidura {Pachyurci) '''' murina^'' except that the size is a trifle less. 
So far as can be determined from a single specimen the skull of the 
full}'^ developed adult Nicobar shrew is less angular than that of C. 
'"'' mui'ina'''' of the same age. 
Teeth. — The teeth resem})le those of Crocidura ''''rmirina.''^ The 
first unicuspid is, however, distinctl}' smaller than in the Kashmir 
animal, and the two succeeding teeth are faintly larger. As a result 
there is less contrast in the size of the unicuspids, though the relative 
proportions remain the .same — that is, the first is much larger than the 
third, which in turn exceeds the second. Of the fourth unicuspid, 
well developed in C. ^^ m.urina.,'''' there is no trace. 
MeasuTcmeyits. — External measurements of type: Total length, 210 
mm.; head and body, 120; tail, 90;' hind foot, 24 ' (23); ear from 
meatus, 11; ear from crown, 5; width of ear, 11. 
Cranial measurements of t^^pe: Greatest length (exclusive of inci- 
sors), 27 (29) mm.;' basal length, 26 (28); basilar length, 24 (26); 
palatal length, 11.8 (12.4); width of palate between middle molars, 3.6 
(4); mastoid breadth, 11.6 (12.8); lachrymal breadth, 6.2 (6.2); man- 
dible (without mcisor), 15 (14.8); maxillary toothrow, 12.8 (13); man- 
dibular tooth row, 12 (12). 
Specimens exairiined. — One, the type. 
Remarks. — This species is readil}' distinguishable among the hitherto 
known oriental members of the subgenus Crocidura by its very large 
size, a character in which it is approached by its representative in the 
Andaman Islands onl}'. Some of the larger African species are, how- 
ever, of about the same measurements. 
CROCIDURA ANDAMANENSIS, new species. 
7>7;<?.— Adult male (skin and skull), No. 111825, U.S.N.M. Col- 
lected at MacPherson Strait, South Andaman Inland, January 16, 1901, 
by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number, 851. 
'Slightly damaged. 
^Measurements in parentheses are tlio.se of a female Crocidura ''murina," from 
Kashmir. Jt is from an individual which appears to be full grown, but in which 
the suture between the basioccipital and basiphenoid is still open. In the type of 
C. nicobarica this suture is obliterated. 
