CROCIDUBA. 233 



Synopsis of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



A. Four small conical teeth, the hindmost very 

 small, behind each anterior upper incisor. 

 (Pachyura.) 



a. Size large, rarely in adults less than 4 inches 



from snout to vent *. 

 a'. Ears almpst naked, fore and hind claws 



subequal. 

 a". Feet brown above, hair on their upper 



surfaces brown C. murina, p. 233. 



b". Feet flesh-coloured or yellowish white, 



naked or clothed with white hair .... C. ccsrulea, p. 236. 

 b'. Ears covered with hairs ; fore claws twice 



the size of hind claws C'. macropits, p. 237. 



b. Size moderate, snout to vent 2-5 to 3'5 inches. 

 a'. The hind foot from heel double the length 



of the fore foot from wrist C. bidiana, p. 238. 



b'. The hind foot about 1 times the length 



of the fore foot, 

 a". Suout to vent * about 3'4 inches, hind 



foot 0-64 C. rubicunda, p. 230. 



b". Snout to vent about 3 inches, hind foot 



0-5 C. leucof/enys, p. 239. 



c". Snout to vent about 2'75 inches, hind 



foot 0-6 C. dayi, p. 240. 



c. Size very small, snout to vent rarely exceed- 



ing 2 inches. 

 a'. Tail more than two thirds the length from 



snout to vent C. hodysoni, p. 240. 



V. Tail less than two thirds the length from 



snout to vent C. perrottdi, p. 241. 



B. Three small conical teeth behind each anterior 

 upper incisor. (Crocidura.) 



a. Tail very thinly clad with hair, scales distinct. 

 '. Snout to vent about 3 inches ; tail and 



feet dark C.fuliginosa, p. 242. 



b'. Snout to vent 2 to 2 inches C. hortfieldi, p. 242. 



b. Tail well clad, scales concealed by the hair. 



'. Fur dark throughout, or nearly so C. fumiguta, p. 243. 



b'. Fur of lower surface always pale and 



often white C. aranea, p. 244. 



117. Crocidura murina. The brown musk Shrew. 



Sorex murinus, L. Syst. Nat. ed. xii, p. 74 (1766). 



Sorex myosurus, Pallas, Act. Acad. Petrop. 17.81, pt. 2, p. 337, pi. iv 



(1785). 



Sorex serpentarius, Is. Geoffroy, Belanycr, Voy. Zool p. 119. 

 Sorex nemorivagus and soccatus f> Hodgson, A. M. N. H. (1), xv, 



p. 269 (1845). 



Sorex murinus, griffithii, and niger, Horsfeld, Cat. pp. 134, 135. 

 Sor,ex kandianus,moutanus, and ferrugineus,'AWr#, Prod. pp. 30, 31. 

 Sorex saturatior, Hodgson, A. M. N. S.^er. 2, xvi, p. 110 (1855). 

 * This measurement in shrews is always to the posterior margin of the anal 



F f The type sent under this name to the British Museum was Soriculus 

 niyrescens (see Blvth, J. A. S. B. xxiii, p. 733, note). 



