574 MESSKS. W. E. DE WINTON AND F. AV. STYAN [May 2, 



Chimarhogale sttani, sp. n. 



Above uniform dark slate-black ; from the shoulders backwards 

 interspersed with shining white hairs, which increase in length and 

 numbers on the rump, similar to but to a far less extent than found 

 in Nectogale ; all the underparts, with the upper lip and side of face 

 to the height of the eye, white washed with yellow, a sharp line 

 dividing the dark and light surfaces. Tore and hind feet white 

 except a narrow line on the dorsal surface running towards the 

 5th tinger and toe on the outer side. Tail almost exactly as in 

 Neomys { = Crossopus)-, and in fact the whole animal so closely 

 resembles our Water-Shrew that it is hard to believe that it does 

 not belong to the same genus. 



Breadth of skull across squamosals 11 millim., narrowest inter- 

 orbital constriction 5, front of incisors to back of palate 11*7, 

 greatest width outside molars 7, tip of incisors to tip of pm- 4 5. 

 Mandible — greatest length (tip of incisors to condyle) 14 ; angle to 

 coronoid 5. 



" 2 length 6 inches ; eyes black." 



Type B.M. No. 99. 3. 1. 8. 



Yang-liu-pa, N.W. Sechuen, 16 June, 1897. 



Measurements of dry skin: head and body 108 millim., tail 61, 

 hind foot 20. " 



Verv slight stain on the teeth, perhaps rather less than in 

 C himalaica ; viewed from the side, the three intermediate teeth 

 are subequal, slightly longer than the front cusp of P"'- 4 ; viewed 

 from above, the first of these small teeth appears rather larger than 

 either of the two posterior, which are equal. 



SOBICULUS HTPSIBIUS, sp. U. 



The entire animal almost uniformly coloured dull dark brown- 

 soot colour, the underparts only very slightly paler in tint ; the 

 fore and hind feet pale ; the tail long ; teeth | = 2S. 



(J. Tang-liu-pa, November, 1897. 



Type B.M. No. 99. 3. 1. 10. 



Measurements taken from the dried skin : head and body 84 

 millim., tail 65, hind foot 15. 



Skull — width across squamosals 8"7, narrowest interorbital con- 

 striction 4"7, front of incisors to back of palate 9, width outside 

 ms. 1 6-1, tip of incisors to tip of ptn^4 3-6. Mandible — greatest 

 length (tip of incisors to tip of condyle) 12'3, to angle 11'5 ; angle 

 to coronoid 4-5. 



The first five teeth in the upper jaw are tipped with red, the 

 colour extending on the teeth in proportion to their size ; of the 

 three intermediate teeth the first is about double the size of either 

 of the others, the second being only very shghtly longer than the 



last. 



In the lower jaw the first three teeth only are tipped with red. 

 There is no red on the molars of either jaw. The lower jaw has 

 a very short and small angle. The skull is lighter, narrower, and 

 lower in the facial portion than S. minor from Manipur. 



