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unfortunately long vanished from the specimens, but the 

 proportions and skull readily show that it is a different shrew 

 from that now described. 



Tlie Trebizond form which I described as G. leucodoa 

 lasius* differs still more from normal European C. leucodoti 

 both in size and length of tail, and I am now disposed to 

 think it should be recognized as an independent species, 

 whose name would therefore be Grocidura lasia. 



8. Mus rattus, L. 

 ? . 102, 108, 109. South coast of Caspian. 0'. 



9. Mus musculuSy L. 



S. 100, 101, 104, 133. South coast of Caspian. 0'. 

 J. 125, 12G. Elburz Mts., near Domavend. (J500'. 



10. Micromys sylvaticas, L. 



S. 103, 105, 107, 117; ? . 114, 115, 116. South coast 

 of Caspian. 0'. 



S . 129, 130 ; ? . 124. Elburz Mts., near Demavend. 

 6500'. 



11. Nesohia Baihoardi, sp. n. 



a. ? . 351. Bunder-i-gaz, S. shore of Caspian. Alt. —25 m. 

 25th March, 1907. B.M. no. 7. 7. 14. 30. Type. 



A member of tiie A^. Huttoni group. 



External characters as usual, the general colour of the type 

 wood-brown above, rather paler below. 



Skull larger and heavier than that of xV. Huttoni. Superior 

 outline strongly bowed. Nasals short, not broadened in 

 front, evenly but slightly narrowing backwards to the more 

 or less rounded posterior end. Supraorbital ridges very 

 thick and heavy at the postorbital point, abruptly dying away 

 halfway across the parietals. Interparietal fairly large. 

 BullaB as in N. Huttoni. Molars rather small in proportion 

 to the size of the skull. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the spirit-specimen 

 before skinning) : — 



Head and body 167 mm. ; tail 123 ; hind foot 33 ; oar 24. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 42 ; basilar length 37 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 27; nasals, length 12 2, breadth anteriorly 3-9, 



* Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist. (7) xvii. p. 41G (190G). 



