428 Mr. G. E. Dobson on two new Indian Soricidge. 



to publish diagnoses of the following species, of which full 

 descriptions are to be found in the manuscript of the still 

 unpublished part iii. of my ' Monograph of the Insectivora.' 



The following two species of Crocidura belong to the so- 

 called subgenus PacJiyura^ having the dental formula 



""•^'trd.a"- '-' = 30 teeth. 



Crocidura leucogenys^ sp. n. 



Somewhat larger than C. aranea. The ears are short and 

 clothed with a few short whitish hairs only ; the tail is thick 

 and fusiform, and clothed as in C. murina^ numerous long, 

 fine grey hairs arising out of the shorter fur ; the feet com- 

 pared with the size of the body are small and slender, thinly 

 clothed with short greyish-brown hairs ; a very large lateral 

 gland, like that in G. onurina, is found in the usual position. 



The fur is short throughout ; above light cinnamon-brown, 

 with a reddish tinge intermixed with grey, the basal half of 

 the hairs bluish ; the sides of the head between the angles of 

 the mouth and the ears, the chin, and part of the chest are 

 dirty white, the remainder of the ventral surface greyish ; the 

 up})er surface and sides of the tail are brown, the lower sur- 

 face grey. 



The skull and teeth closely resemble those of C. murina on 

 a much reduced scale ; they also resemble those of C. Stolicz- 

 'kana., Anderson ; but skulls of quite immature specimens of 

 the latter species, although much smaller, have longer upper 

 tooth-rows. 



Length (of an adult male preserved in alcohol) : head and 

 body 75 millim., tail 47, ear 8, elbow to end of middle digit 

 (without claw) 17, manus 7, pes 12 ; skull, occipital crest to 

 front edge of premaxillary bone 19, greatest width of skull 

 9, length of upper tooth-row 7, length of lower tooth-row 8, 

 length of mandible from condyle to tip of anterior tooth 12^. 



Hob. India {Ajmir). 



Type an adult male collected by Sir O. B. St. John. 



Crocidura Dayi, sp. n. 



Smaller than C. ruhicunda^ but with a longer tail and 

 nearly as large a foot. Fur and integument dark brown 

 throughout, the ventral surface slightly paler, the basal three 

 fourths of the fur on both surfaces dark bluish grey Tail 

 long and clothed with very short hairs ; in the single speci- 



