686 Mr. O. Thomas on neio Species of 



interest, as tliere are remarkably few distinctively water 

 animals among the small rodents of Africa, and the other 

 members of the genus are said to be inhabitants of deep 

 grass and swampy ground. 



17. Georijclius foxi, Thos. 

 S. 78,82. 



18. Lepus sp. (perhaps L. zechij Matsch.). 

 (J . 150. Panyam. 



LXXVII. — JS'ew Species o/Crocidura and Petaurista //•o??i 

 Yunnan. By OldfieLD Tjiomas, 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Crocidura dracuhi, sp. n. 



A large blue-grey species, with a long slender tail. 



General characters very much as in C. aitennata, M.-Edw., 

 but size larger. Colour above uniform dark bluish grey 

 (about grey no. 4) ; underside " smoke-grey," or rather more 

 drab. Hands and feet dull whitish. Tail long, slender, not 

 incrassated, grey-brown above, whiter below and at the 

 extreme tip ; long caudal bristles present, but not specially 

 numerous. 



Skull as in C. attenuata^ but larger. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the skin) : — 



Head and body 92 mm. (collector's flesh-measurement 85) ; 

 tail G9; hind foot 17. 



Skull : condylo-basal length "I'I'-i ; condylc-incisive length 

 24 ; greatest breadth 10*2 ; upper tooth-series 10'5 ; breadth 

 across molars 7T. 



Hah. Yunnan ([irobably near Mong-tze). 



Type. Adult male. Original number 34. Collected 30th 

 April, 1910, by Orii. Four specimens examined. 



This shrew is most closely allied to the Chinese C. at- 

 tenuata, M.-Edw., but differs by its larger size. I owe to 

 Prof. Trouessart, of the Paris Museum, some detailed measure- 

 ments of the Paris specimens of C. attenuata, which have 

 helped me in making this comparison. 



No Crocidura of this type has been described from India, 

 where nearly all the whitc*toothed shrews are members of 

 J\iclii/ura, 



