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in the structure oi Hylomys; and again in 1868, in a further contribution to the same 

 subject^ gave a short synopsis of the dentition and the general characters of the skull. 



The foregoing appears to be the extent of the literature on this most interesting 

 form. 



In 1868, I obtained a specimen which may be provisionally referred to H. peguensis, 

 Blyth. I found it lying dead on a path on a thickly wooded hill-side, in the Kakhyen 

 hills to the east of Bhamo, in Upper Burmah, at an elevation of 3000 feet. A skeleton 

 was made of this specimen, and I also used one of Blyth's types for the same purpose ; 

 and the result of my examination of these materials is as follows : — 



The rather long snout (PI. LXIV. fig. 1} and the general form of the animal, if we 

 exclude its large and rounded ear and short tail, confer on it the aspect of a Shrew ; and 

 when I saw my specimen lying on the road, before I picked it up, I thought it was a 

 Shrew that had lost the greater part of its tail. The snout is slightly depressed, 

 moderately attenuated and pointed. The bare fleshy portion at the tip is prolonged 

 backwards on to the upper surface, for some distance behind the nostril ; and in front 

 it is marked by a longitudinal groove, which is continued downwards and backwards 

 between the first incisors, with a fleshy ridge on either side of it, each of which termi- 

 nates at the base of the incisor tooth of its own side. The upper and posterior 

 extremity of the groove ends in a line with the anterior margin of the nostril ; and 

 behind this it is embraced by a triangular groove, the apex of which is du'ected back- 

 wards. The two sides of the triangle spring from the anterior margin of the nostril. 

 The posterior margin of the nostril has a convoluted fringe of about twelve fleshy 

 papillse. The eye is of moderate size, smaller than in Tupaia. The ears are large and 

 oval, and might be designated nude, as they are only sparsely covered with pale, very 

 short hairs, with the exception of a pencil of hair on the free margin of the tragus. 

 The orifice of the ear is very wide and triangular, the apex of the triangle being 

 directed downwards. The fore limbs are rather short, as are also the fingers ; and from 

 a short way above the wrist the anterior sui-face of the feet is almost nude, having 

 only a slight covering of short, white and brownish, rather bristly hairs, through which 

 the skin is quite apparent. The imder surface of the manus is quite nude. Each 

 finger bears on its under aspect from three to six transverse tubercles, that give it a 

 resemblance to the finger of a Gecko. There is a small rounded tubercle at the base 

 of the first finger, a larger quadi-angular tubercle, or pad, at the base of the second, 

 a still larger protuberance of the same kind at the bases of the third and fourth, and 

 a rounded tubercle at the base of the fifth. A prominent oval, anteriorly pointed 

 pad covers the carpus, the palm being smooth, but longitudinally folded ; and the first 

 and fifth fingers so approximate, when the limb is at rest, that they have to be pulled 

 asunder to display the palm, which is of proportionate size to the body. The claws 

 are rather stout, of moderate length, and very little curved. The hind limb is likewise 

 ' Journ. Anat. & Phys. vol. ii. (2nd series, vol. i.) p. 146. 



