2:^2 Messrs. II. C. Robinson aud C. B. Kloss on 



straight, not arclied. From those of the rattus group it is 

 separated by larger size and less dilated bulhs, which most 

 resemble those of E./cpderh, and, therefore, are far smaller 

 than those of E. ballatus. The teeth are decidedly larger 

 than those of tlie j-attus group. 



Measurements. — Collectors' external measurements (taken 

 in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 225 (22.2*) mm.; tail 273 (251); hind 

 foot 39 (41) ; ear 26 (23). 



Cranial measurements : greatest length 49" 1 (52'0) ; basal 

 length 41*5 (45*0) ; length of palatal foramina 9'4 (8'25) ; 

 breadth of combined palatal foramina 3"5 (3"25) ; length of 

 nasals 18-9 (20-0); interorbital breadth 6-4 (7-0); zygo- 

 matic breadth 22 (24-0); cranial breadth 17-7 (18-0) ; 

 diastema 13-3 (15-0) ; length of upper molar row 8-2 (9 0). 



Remarks. — This rat is obviously quite distinct from any 

 of the Malayan rats, though it may possibly be allied to 

 Mus bowersi, of which we have only been able to examine 

 figures of the skull. The external characters are, however, 

 very different from the plate given by Anderson f. 



Crocidura ner/Iigens, sp. n. 



Type.—Mvi\t male (skin and skull), No. 275/13, Fede- 

 rated Malay States jNIuseum, collected on Koh Saniui, N.E. 

 Malay Peninsula, ]2th May, 1913, by H. C. Robinson and 

 E. Seimund. Original no. 5338. 



Characters. — A very pale member of the genus, about the 

 same size as C. malayanaX, smaller than C. klossii^, and 

 C. aoris^. 



Colour. — Above and below uniform pale " Payne's grey " 

 ■with no tinge of brown. Tail with a few scattered whitish 

 hairs. Adpressed hairs of lateral scent-gland somewhat 

 paler in colour than the rest of the pelage. 



S/cul/ and teeth. — Skull much damaged, but apparently not 

 differing from those of the other local races. Smaller than 

 that of ('. maldyana. 



Measurements. — Collectors' external measurements (taken 

 in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 92 mm. ; tail 02 ; liind foot 14-7 ; car 10. 



* MiiasiirenKiiits in pareiithoses arc tliose of an ailnlt male spc'cinicn 

 of E. huUalm (l>yon), type of E. vitlosus (Klods), from .Singapore Ishuid j 

 Selanj^or Museum, No. l.'U8/08. 



t Anderson, Anat. & Zool. lies. p. .".Ol, ])1. xvii. (1878). 



X .lourn. Fed. Malay States .Mus. iv. p. 24.'{ (1911;. 



§ Ann. k Ma-. Natl Hist. (8) x. p. 58!) (1012). 



