ciu)ciDURA. :>4ii 



Colour bright forriigiiioiis brown above, liglifc yellowish grey 

 below, basal portiou of llie fur light grey. iSomo speciineus are 

 reddish brown abgs*, light brown belou-, with the basal i)ortion of 

 the hairs slaty. Feet and tail fle-sh-ioloured in many cases, but 

 dusky in others. 



Dimensions. Snout to vent in a largo female 2'25 inches, in a 

 male 2*1, tail 2 and 1-95, hind foot 0--15, basal length of skull O'G. 



Distribution. This sp'jcies has hitherto only been found in 

 Ceylon, where, however, it escaped the notice of Kelaart. Speci- 

 mens have been sent from Paradinia, so this form is j)robably an 

 inhabitant of the hills. It should be looked for in the Travancore 

 ranges also. 



128, Crocidura fumigata. De Filpprs Slirew. 



Sorex (Crocidura) fiiinigatiis, I)e Fil. yirch. jwr la Zuol. Genova, ii, 

 p. 379; id, I'laf/. iu I'ersiu, ■p. 3-13 ; Blaiiford, Eastern Persia, u, 

 p. 24. 



Upper teetli 16. Size small. Muzzle thickly clad with hair. 

 Ears of moderate size, nearly naked. Feet thinly clad above, prox- 

 imal pair of pads on hind foot parallel in the only specimen I have 

 access to, that from Simla ; in all other species the outer of the 

 two is much more distant from the heel. Tail remarkably thick 

 in the male, thin in the female, about two thirds the length of the 

 head and body, well clad with coarse hair of moderate length 

 throughout, with long fine hairs interspersed on the basal half. A 

 small pencil of hair at the end of the tail. No lateral gland has 

 been detected. 



Colour reddish brown above, greyisli brown below, basal ])orlion 

 of fur on both surfaces slaty. Tail dark brown throughout, feet 

 paler brown abo\e. 



Dimensions. Snout to vent 2*75 incl^.es, tail !•!), hind foot 0'55. 



Distrihution. Originally described from Northern Persia. Mr. 

 Dobson tells me he has seen spet^iniens from Kiangsi, and he has 

 identified with this form a shrew sent to me by Mr. Hume from 

 Simla. 



129. Crocidura aranea. The spider Slirciv. 



Sori'x uraiieiis, L. Syst. Ned. ed. xii, ]^.74:,partim; Schreher, Sauyeth. 



iii, p. .')7;j, pi, KH). 

 Sorex russulud and leiicndoii, Ilerm. Zztmn. Geoff. Gesch. ii, p. 882. 

 Sorex myoides. Blanford, J. A. S. B. xliv, pt. 2, p, 100 ; id. Yarlc. 



Miss., Ma7n. p. IG, pis. i, i a. 



Upper teeth IG. Snout, n})per surface of feet, and tail fairly 

 clad with hair, the latter not swollen at the base, nearly cylindrical, 

 about half as long as the head and body, or rather more, covered 

 with rather short hair, with a few long hairs intermixed. Lateral 

 gland small and elongate in males, wanting in females. 



Colour bi'own above, usually faw)i-coloured or greyish brown : 



