32 Mr. G. E. Dobson on a new Species o/"Crocidura. 



cross section viewed from without; and while in this species 

 the anterior maxillary tooth is close to and slightly internal 

 to the last premolar, in C. 

 araneus it is separated by a 

 narrow space. The anterior 

 incisor has a well-developed 

 posterior basal cusp, the tip 

 of which is received into a 

 well-marked depression in the 

 anterior mandibular tooth. 

 These are the characters of the 

 teeth in the type, a still imma- 

 ture female. In a still younger 

 female specimen, from Corea, x 7. 



in which the front upper incisor 



has not quite descended, the anterior mandibular tooth has 

 the notch well defined, the tip of the anterior maxillary 

 tooth is about equal in vertical extent to that of the anterior 

 basal cusp of the last premolar, while the third incisor does 

 not equal the anterior maxillary tooth in vertical extent. 



The ears are comparatively smaller than in G. araneus and 

 the upper internal fold of the conch is very shallow. 



Fur, as far as can be known from the examination of the 

 specimen in alcohol, dark reddish brown on the upper surface, 

 the extreme tips of the hairs beneath very faintly ashy. The 

 tail is as densely covered with short fur, which forms a pencil 

 at the extremity, as in average examples of Sorex vulgaris, 

 of a dark blown colour, from which long, fine, greyish hairs 

 project. The manus and pes are well covered with short 

 brown hairs, some of which project beyond the claws. Ears 

 more densely clothed with short hairs than in C. araneus. 



No trace of a lateral gland, as, indeed, might be expected 

 in a female specimen, especially in one not yet full-grown. 



Length, head and body Q5 millim., tail 32, eye from end of 

 muzzle 12^; ear, length 8; elbow to end of middle digit 

 without claw 19^; manus 8i, pes 13| ; distance between tips 

 of first upper incisor and last premolar 5. 



The skull shows that the type is immature, for the basi- 

 occipital suture is still open, and as it exceeds the largest 

 specimens of C. araneus in the length of the forearm, manus, 

 and pes, full-grown specimens must be considerably larger. 



Hab. Manchuria (Ussuri River, a tributary of the Amur), 

 Corea (Fusan). 



The above description of this, the most northerly species 

 of the genus as yet known, is taken from the type, which is 



