1873.] DR. J. ANDERSON ON ASIATIC SHREWS. 231 



C.fuliginosa, Blyth. ^+2+2^6=28. Lower incisor with one 



tubercle. 

 Pachyura nudipes, Blyth. ~it + 2 + !t! = 30. Lower incisors 



smooth. 

 P. niger, Elliot. —^ — r- 2 "+ ; J + "6=30. Lower incisors smooth. 

 P. indica (S. ccerulescens). ~ +2+2+6 = ^^* Lower incisors 



smooth. Intermaxillary suture examined. 

 P. murina, L., apud Blyth. -^+f+f+~l=30. Lower incisor with 



one eminence. 

 P. griffithii, Horsf. ^+i+|+i=30. Lower incisors with one 



eminence. 

 P. serpentaria, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil., apud Blyth. -jr+2+2+6= 



30. Lower incisors smooth. 

 P. albina, Blyth. ^+|+§-^f =30. Lower incisors with one 



eminence in the middle. 

 P. nemorivaga, Hodg. (<S. soccatusl). -3- + 2 +2+6=30. Lower 



incisors smooth. 

 P. melanodon, Blyth. 2 -|^+|+| + 4=30. Lower incisor with u 



slight eminence. 

 P. micronyx, Blyth. ^+|-+|x| = 30. Lower incisors smooth. 



B. Front upper incisors with an obscure internal process. 



Crocidura himalaica, Gray. - J 2 - i +2 + 2T- 6 = 28. Lower incisors 

 smooth. 



It will be observed that I have included P. melanodon, Blyth, 

 among the white-toothed Shrews, notwithstanding its specific name, 

 because, after a careful scrutiny of the typical and only specimen in 

 this museum, it seems that Blyth mistook the pulp shining through 

 the delicate teeth for a piceous pigment, no trace of which is to be 

 detected externally. 



Kelaart's genus Feroculus is undoubtedly Crocidura, as the teeth 

 are white, the upper front incisors short, strongly hooked, and suc- 

 ceeded by four small lateral teeth. Blyth doubtless regarded it as 

 a Sorex because it had less strongly hooked upper incisors than 

 the typical Sorices. He describes the feet as remarkably large. 

 Kelaart was inclined to consider it aquatic in its habits. 



The brown-toothed Shrews may be referred to two genera, Cros- 

 sopus and Sorex. The teeth in the former are not so intensely brown- 

 tipped as in the latter ; and there only four small lateral teeth. The 

 front upper incisors are arched ; and each is provided on its inner 

 margin with a small tooth-like process ; and at the base of each 

 posteriorly there is either a rather short and rounded or a strong 

 basal tubercle. The lower incisors are marked by one or two emi- 

 nences. Brandt found the intermaxillary suture between the 



