272 J. Anderson — Neiv and little Imoivn Asiatic Shrews. [No. 3, 



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 Anterior margin of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillse, in. 0'45 in. 50 



Breadth across maxillae, 0"10 0"18 



„ behind infraorbital foramen, 0-12 0-14 



„ anterior to brain case, 015 016 



„ external to glenoid fossae, 0*20 024 



„ „ to tympanic, 0-25 0-27 



Length of upper alveolar line, 0*20 0*20 



„ from condyle of loAver jaw to end of alveolar line,... 0*25 0-23 



Blyth in describing this species stated that it was " remarkable for 

 its naked feet and very large ears ; also for the odoriferous glands on the 

 sides being strongly developed, whereas we can detect them in no other of 

 these minute species." The feet however of the type specimens, named in 

 Blyth's own handwriting, appear to be quite as well haired, if not more so 

 than in some other species, and, moreover, the glands on the sides are not 

 peculiar to it as a small species, because they also occur in the two following 

 species which are minute shrews. As the character assigned by Blyth, viz., 

 naked feet is misleading, I have re-named this species after its distin- 

 guishing feature, namely, its large ears. 



It is closely allied to G. (P.) perrottetii from the Nilgiris but is 

 distinguished from it by the character of its teeth, the first incisor being 

 well curved with a j^rominent eminence at the base, and the first intermediate 

 tooth being large and conical. Its body also is heavier than is G. perrottetii, 

 Duvernoy, which resembles it in its large ears. 



Inhabits Tenasserim. 



CrOCIDTJEA (P.) NITIDOrULVA. 



Sorex melanodon,* Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 1855, Vol. XXIV, p. 33. 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. 17, 1856, p. 20. 

 Sorex (Faradoxodon) melaoiodon, Wagner, Schreber SujDpl. Vol. V, 1855 



p. 805. 

 Faradoxodon melanodon, Fitzinger, Sitsgb. Ak. Wiss. Wien. 1868, p. 134. 

 Facliyura melanodon, Blyth, Andr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873. 



Snout pointed, but little swollen across the incisors and only partially 

 clad with short brown hairs. Ears not very full, only moderately projecting, 



* Wagler in 1833 (Isis, p. 54) named a red toothed slrrew, Sorex melanodon ( = 8. 

 vulgaris). If we regard the genus Crocidura as of the same rank as Sorex, there is no 

 necessity why this Shrew should be re-named on the ground that both forms are co- 

 generic. But an altogether different consideration induces me to suggest another 

 name for this shrew, viz.. that its teeth are not black, but white. 



