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Feet. — Both soles and palms are naked and 6-tuberculate. The surface 

 between the tubercles is finely reticulated. 



Skull. — The skull exactly resembles that of Kashmir specimens of Croci' 

 dura {Pachyura) " murina," except that the size is a trifle less. So far as 

 can be determined from a smgle specimen, the skull of the fully-developed 

 adult Nicobar shrew is less angular than that of C. " murina'' of the same age. 



Teeth. — The teeth resemble those of Crocidura "murina." The first 

 unicuspid is, however, distinctly smaller than in the Kashmir animal, and the 

 two succeeding teeth are faintly larger. As a result there is less contrast in the 

 size of the unicuspids, though the relative proportions remain the same — that 

 is the first is much larger than the third, which in turn exceeds the second. 

 Of the fourth unicuspid, well developed in C. " murina,'" there is no trace. 



Measurements.— 'Eis.tema.l measurements of type : Total length, 210 mm. ; 

 bead and body, 120; tail, 90 ; 1 hind foot, 24^ ; ear from meatus, 11 ; ear 

 from crown, 5 ; width of ear, 11., 



Cranial measurements of type : Greatest length (exclusive of incisors), 

 27 mm, ; basnl length, 26 ; basilar length, 24; palatal length, 11-8; width 

 of palate between middle molars, 3-6 ; mastoid breadth, H'G ; lachrymal 

 breadth, 6*2 ; mandible (without incisor), 15 ; maxillary toothrow, ]2'8 ; 

 mandibular toothrow, 12. 



Specimens examined. — One, the type. 



Remarks. — This species is readily distinguishable an^ong the hitherto known 



oriental members of the sub-genus Crocidura by its very large size, a character 



in which it is approached by its representative in the Andaman Islands 



only. Some of the larger African species are, however, of about the same 



measurements. 



Crocidura andamanensis, new species. 



y^^e.— Adult male (skin and skull), No. 111825, U.S.N.M. Collected at 

 MacPherson Strait, South Andaman Island, January 16, 1901, by Dr, W. L. 

 Abbott, Original number, 851. 



Characters. — In size nearly equal to Crocidura nicoharica ; general colour, 



bluish gray. 



Pur. — The fur is somewhat longer and less dense than in the type of 

 C. nicoharica, that on middle of back about 8 mm. in length. This character 

 is probably individual. 



CoZowr,- Entire body and head gray (very nearly Ridgway's No. 8), every- 

 where washed with broccoli brown. This wash is most noticeable on dorsal 

 surface, where the effect of the two colours is drab gray. On under parts the 

 brown is distinctly visible in some lights, scarcely so in others. Feet, yellow- 

 ish brown ; tail and ears, dark brown, 



Sl^ull. The skull is in every way similar to that of Crocidura nicoharica, 



except that it is somewhat smaller. 



Xeeth In general the teeth of Crocidura andamanensis closely resemble 



those of C. nicoharica. The unicuspids are, however, actually as well as 



^ Slightly damagad. 



