1877.] J. Anderson — New and little hnoion Asiatic Shrcios. 278 



seminude. Limbs rather feeble, semlnude in lower portion of legs ; the upper 

 surface of the feet only sparsely clad with short whitish hairs. Claws well 

 developed, yellowish. General colour of animal, shining brown above, and on 

 the feet and tail yellowish, under surface grayish brown with a silvery sheen. 

 Fur short, soft and silky. Tail tapering, rounded, not quite equalling the 

 length of the trunk, ringed and only very sparsely covered with short brown 

 hairs, with longer white hairs intermixed. 



Adolescent $ Fully adult ? 



Length, tip of snout to vent, in. 1 •G7 in. 1-80 



„ of tail, 108 105 



„ hindfoot, 0-82 0-32 



„ tip of snout to eye, 027 027 



„ eye to ear, 0-17 0-17 



Height of ear, 0-19 0'18 



Breadth of ear, 0-15 0-16 



The first incisors are considerably apart anteriorly, rather short and 

 projected forwards and downwards, a small tubercle on the inside of the 

 posterior portion. The hinder portion of the tooth is relatively large for 

 the size of the tooth. The second incisor is more than the breadth of the 

 third and the canine, and is rather shortly pointed. The canine is some- 

 what larger than the third incisor. The premolar is very minute and 

 is wedged in between the canine and first molar and is partially visible 

 externally. Its point is much above the level, of the cusp on the anterior 

 border of the first molar and the apex of the latter is somewhat below the 

 level of the point of the second incisor. There is a slight eminence on the 

 external margin of the lower incisors near their free ends. 



^ ? 



Anterior margin of foramen magnum to tip of j^remaxillse, in. 0"48 in. 0*47 



Breadth across maxillae, 0"16 0"18 



„ behind infraorbital foramen, 0'12 0*12 



„ anterior to brain case, 0*15 0'15 



„ external to glenoid fossse, 0'20 0-21 



„ „ to tymj)anic, 0"24 0'25 



Length from condyle of lower jaw to end of alveolar line, ... 0*27 



„ of upjoer alveolar line, 0-23 0'22 



„ „ lower „ 0-14 013 



The skull of the type of S. melanodon, Blyth, is that of a young animal, 

 and the character which suggested to Blyth the term B. melanodon was 



