114 ERINACEAMl. 



attenuated at each extremity, about an inch in length, 

 arranged as it were in groups, generally diverging in all 

 directions, but capable of being arranged with some de- 

 gree of regularity. Their colour is a dirty white, with a 

 brown or blackish ring rather above the middle. Legs 

 very low, so as to allow the belly nearly to touch the 

 ground when the animal is running. Snout, forehead, 

 sides of the head, sides, and under part of the tail, throat, 

 breast, and legs, covered with hard brittle hair of a yel- 

 lowish white colour. 



Dimensions, taken from a specimen which, its teeth 

 being somewhat worn, is evidently adult : 



Inch. Lines. 

 Length of the head and body . . . . 10 



,, ,, head 30 



tail . .... . . . 16 



ears . 8 



