CIJOCIBURA. 233 



Spioj)sis of Indian, Ceyloncse, and Burmese Species. 



A. Four smiiU conical teeth, the hiudmost very 



small, behind each anterior upper incisor. 

 (Paclit/ura.) 



a. Size large, rarely in adults less than 4 inches 



from snout to vent *, 

 a'. Ears almost naked, fore and hind claws 

 suhequal. 

 a". Feet brown above, hair on their upper 



surfaces brown C. miin'na, p. 233. 



b". Feet Hesh-coloured or yellowish white, 



naked or clothed with white hair .... C. cceruh-a, p. 236. 

 b'. Ears covered with hairs ; fore claws twice 



the size of hind claws C. macropus, p. 237. 



b. Size moderate, snout to vent 2-5 to 3'5 inches. 

 a'. The hind foot from heel double the length 



of the fore foot from wrist C. lidioiia, p. 238. 



b'. The hind foot about 1^ times the length 

 of the fore foot. 

 a". Snout to vent * about 3-4 inches, hind 



foot 64 C.i-ubicmuht,^.2S9. 



b". Snout to vent about 3 inches, hind foot 



0'5 C. leuvor/enijs, p. 230. 



c". Snout to vent about 2"75 inches, hind 



foot 0-6 C. dayi, p. 240. 



c. Size very small, snout to vent rarely exceed- 



ing 2 inches. 

 a'. Tail more than two thirds the length from 



snout to vent C. Jiodc/s^oni, p. 240. 



v. Tail less than two thirds the length from 



snout to vent C. i^errottdi, p. 2JL 



B. Three small conical teeth behind each anterior 



upper incisor. {Crocidura.) 



a. Tail very thinly clad with hair, scales distinct. 

 a'. Snout to vent about 3 inches ; tail and 



feet dark Cfid/f/inosa, p. 242. 



b'. Snout to vent 2 to 2j inches C. hori<fieldi, p. 242. 



b. Tail well clad, scales concealed by the hair. 



«'. Fvu" dark throughout, or nearly so C fitmi(/<d(t, p. 243. 



b'. Fur of lower surface always pale and 



often white . . . .' C. aranea, p. 244. 



117. Crocidura murina. The hroivn musl- SJn-eiu. 



Sorex murinus, L. Sj/sf. Nat. ed. xii, p. 74 (1706). 



Sorex myosurus, Pa/las, Act. Acad. Petrop. 1781, pt. 2, p. 337, pi. iv 



(1785). 

 Sorex serpentarius. Is. Geoffroy, lielangcr, Voy. Zaol. p. 119. 

 Sorex neniorivagus and soccatus t, Hodgson, A. 31. JV. II. (1), xv, 



p. 269 (184.5). 

 Sorex murinus, grifRthii, and niger, Ilorsjteld, Cat. pp. 134, 135. 

 Sorex kandianus,montanus, and ievvug'meus^ Kc/aart, Prod. pp. SO, .31. 

 ■ Sorex saturatior, Hodgson, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xvi, p. 110 (1855). 



* This measurement in shrews is always to the posterior margin of the anal 

 orifice. 



t The type sent xmder this name to the British Museum was SoriculKS 

 nigresceiis (see Blvth, J. A. S. B. xxiii, p. 733, note). 



