230 MR. 0. THOMAS ON THE [Apr. 16, 
6. CrocipurA (CrocripuRA), sp. inc. 
a-c. 1000 feet. 1887 and 1888. 
In the present state of our knowledge I am unable to name these 
Shrews with certainty. They are allied to, but markedly larger 
than, C. fuliginosa, Blyth. 
PrEROMYS NITIDUs, Desm. 
Very young. 3000 feet. 4/88. 
ScruRUS BICOLOR EPHIPPIUM, Temm. 
2. 3000 feet. 14/3/88. 
eC AS PAN 
Scrurvus prREvosti, Desm. 
a,b. 1000 feet. March, 1887. 
c,d. 1000 feet. 1888. 
a, b, and ¢ are of the grey-backed form of this species, and d of 
the black form, “S. pluto, Gray.” 
10. Sc1urus sentin«1, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) xx. p. 129 
(1887). 
a. 2. 3000 feet. 14/2/87. Type. 
6. 3000 feet. 14/2/87. 
Native name “ Tigae.” 
Size about equal to that of S. tenuis, Horsf. General colour of 
upper surface yellowish grey, strongly suffused with orange on the 
head and along the centre of the back. Hairs dark slaty grey for 
four fifths of their length, their tips yellow or orange. Face grey, 
but with a white rim round each eye. Ears extremely short, rounded, 
their edges white or pale yellow, and standing out in marked contrast 
against a patch of wholly black hairs situated just behind them 
on the sides of the neck. Hairs of chin, chest, and belly slaty grey 
basally, dall yellowish white distally ; line of douireation on sides 
quite gradual. Limbs coloured as in S. tenuis ; hind soles hairy for 
their proximal 8 millim. Tail slender, the hairs being comparatively 
short, only about 10 or 12 millim. in length ; these hairs are broadly 
ringed with orange basally, and have a black subterminal and a 
white terminal band. 
Incisors dark yellow above and below ; premolars + ; molars rather 
smaller and lighter than those of S. tenuis. 
Diciencions: of specimen a, a female, preserved in skin :— 
Head and body 140 millim. ; tail, without hairs 103, with hairs 
136; hind foot 32:5; ear, aliove crown 4°0. 
Skull: tip of nasals to bregma 25; greatest breadth 20; length 
of nasals 9°5 ; interorbital breadth 11°8 ; palate, length 16°6 ; length 
of upper tooth series 6-4. 
This species is most nearly allied to S. tenuis, Horsf., which ranges 
from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo, and of which there are a large 
number of examples in the Natural History Museum. It differs, 
however, in its much paler orange-washed back, shorter and more 
