344 Mr. 0. Thomas on soyne 



first uiiicuspid large, its tip reaching the same level as tlic 

 first incisor and the tip of the large premolar ; second and 

 third unicuspids about equal in size, the second sliglitly longer 

 but slenderer than the third ; fourth well developed, its tip 

 just visible externally, and about equal in height to the basal 

 process of the large premolar and about half the height of the 

 third. Anterior lower incisor long and slender, without 

 denticulations ; second lower unieuspid just exceeding in 

 height the anterior cusp of the large premolar. 



Dimensions of the type (an adult skin) : — 



Head and body (i)robably stretched) 59 millim. ; tail 20 ; 

 hind foot 8"6. 



Front of ~ to back of "-■ '^ 6'4 ; breadth of palate outside 

 ^^ 4*1, inside ^ 1'6; distance from tip of — to tip of the 

 large premolar 3'1 ; length of lower tooth-row 5'8. 



IJab. Bakong E-iver, Baram, East Sarawak. Coll. Charles 

 Hose, Dec. 1891. 



This species is larger than any of the Indian pigmy shrews, 

 while it is far smaller than any other Oriental Pachyura as yet 

 described. Its short tail seems also to distinguish it from all 

 its allies. 



]\Ir. Everett has also collected a minute shrew in Sarawak, 

 but it proves to be a true Crocidura [s. s.), and, judging 

 merely from the description, I do not at present feel justified 

 in distinguishing it from the Javan 0. monticolay Pet. 



CMropodomys major^ sp. n. 



Colour and proportions very much as in Cli. gliroides, but 

 size conspicuously greater, especially so far as the skull is 

 concerned (see dimensions below). Upper surface fawn, the 

 bases of the hairs slate-coloured ; whole of lower surface pure 

 white. Ears large, naked. Tail long, hairy, and pencilled 

 as usual ; uniformly brown above and below. 



Skull with a flatter profile than in Ch. gliroides ; anterior 

 palatine foramina very short, ending half their own length in 

 front of the molars. Molars broad and rounded. 



Dimensions of the type (an adult female, stutFed) : — 



Head and body 100 millim. ; tail 109; hind foot 21*5; 

 ear from notch 14. 



Skull: upjjer lengtli 30 ; breadth of brain-case 14 ; length 

 of nasals 10; interorbital breadth 5"3 ; interparietal, length 

 5*2, breadth 10*4 ; anterior zygoma-root 3*1 ; palate, length 

 15'2, breadth outside 21ii 5*8, inside 2Li 3*4 ; diastema 8-.5 ; 

 anterior palatine foramina 3*8 ; length of uj)per molar 

 series 4*4. 



