2(j() J. Anderson — New and lUtJe hioim Asiatic Shrews. [Xo. 3, 



Adolescent ^ Adult ? 



Anterior border of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillse, in. 1-20 in. 1-13 



Greatest breadth across maxillaj, 0*44 0*45 



Breadth behind infraorbital foramen, 27 0*26 



Breadth anterior to brain case, 28 30 



„ external to glenoid fossae, 0*50 0-45 



„ „ to tympanic, 0*54 0*55 



Length of upper alveolar line, 0*58 0*5^ 



Length from condyle of lower jaw to end of alveolar margin, 0*70 0'68 



Tomes describes the type of S. griffithii as characterized by the large size 

 of its teeth which exceeded, he states, those of any example of S. ccerulescens 

 he had ever seen. Such a description however is in no way applicable to the 

 types of S. griffithii as understood by Blyth, .and it is therefore perfectly 

 evident, apart from external characters, that they are not the S. griffithii of 

 Horsfield. Tomes, however, did not concur with Horsfield in considering 

 the fur as either short close or soft, but describes it as of medium length, 

 deep blackish gray, glossy and rather coarse. The specimens from Arakan 

 described by Blyth as S. murinus (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVII, 

 1851, p. 15) were afterwards the types of Blyth' s S. griffithii, but these 

 specimens were regarded by Tomes as S. ccerulescens. 



Blyth was under the impression that the type of S. griffithii was from 

 the Khasia hills, although described from Afghanistan, because he saw a fine 

 skin of a shrew he believed to be S. griffithii from Charapiinji in the 

 possession of Griffith. This specimen had been forwarded to the India House 

 by Dr. M'Clelland, and Blyth seems to have concluded that it was the type 

 of S. griffithii, Horsfield. But the evidence is unsatisfactory. And, more- 

 over, Blyth's specimens do not agree with the description of >S'. griffithii. 



It inliabits the hilly region of Assam, (Sibsagar), the Khasia Hills 

 (Charapiinji) and Arakan. 



Crociduea (P.) sinde:n^sis, n s. 

 Snout moderately long, and pointed ; ears full and rounded, sparsely 

 clad, the margins and flaps with longish, somewhat stiff hairs. Lower half 

 of limbs seminude ; feet slender and toes rather long. Tail rounded, 

 sliglitly swollen at the base and about four-fifth the length of the trunk. 

 Fur moderately long soft and glossy ; neutral gray and washed with umber, 

 but Jiot obscuring the gray ; under-parts pale neutral gray with a silvery 

 sheen in certain lights. Snout gray ; feet yellowish, sparsely clad with whit- 

 ish hairs ; claws rather long and hooked. Tail i-inged, sjiarsely clad with 

 white hairs, with a few longer interspersed but much shorter than in the 

 generality of Indian Shrews. 



