1877.] J. Anderson — New and little known Asiatic Shrews, 275 



and in the line o£ the teeth before it, and almost wholly visible externally. 

 The anterior portions of the crowns of these three teeth are rather sharply 

 pointed. The apex of the crown of the first molar is on a level with 

 the base of the first incisor. The last tooth has two distinct cusps. The 

 condyle of the lower jaw is not divided by a notch. 



Inferior border of foramen magnum to tip of premaxillaj, in. 0.45 



Breadth across molars, 0*17 



„ at posterior border of infraorbital foramen, 0*16 



„ at middle of frontal contraction, 0*13 



„ external to glenoid fossae, 0"21 



„ „ to auditory canal, 0"26 



Length of upper row of teeth, 0'21 



„ of lower „ „ „ 0*14! 



Inhabits the Nilgiris, and the two specimens, exactly alike, were 

 procured at Utakamand. The Indian Museum is indebted to Colonel 

 Beddome for these two specimens of this small, black shrew which is at once 

 distinguished from the other minute shrew of the Nilgiris O. perrottetii 

 by its much smaller ears. 



Ceociduea (Ph.) trayancorensis, n. s. 



Head more elongated before the ear than in P. nitidofiolva ; ears 

 moderately developed and sparsely clad ; feet seminude, with short white 

 hairs, hardly hiding the scaly skin. Claws well develoj)ed, sharp. Tail 

 equalling the length of the trunk without the head, not swollen at the base, 

 tetragonal, scaly, ringed, 43 rings to the quarter inch, not obscured by the 

 hairs which are extremely few and short, those at the tip being longer. 

 Long white hairs interspersed. Fur very short dense and soft ; reddish 

 brown above, the under surface grayish, with a warm tint, silvery in 

 certain lights. Feet yellowish -brown. Tail above, concolorous with the 

 upper surface of the body. 



Length from tip of snout to vent, in. 1"66 



„ of tail, 1-19 



„ of hind foot, 0*31 



„ from tip of snout to eye, 0*30 



,, „ eye to ear, 014 



Height of ear, 0*19 



Breadth of ear, , 0-21 



The skull has the facial portion more elongated than in O. nitidofuha. 

 The front upper incisor is short and directed downwards, and the 

 posterior portion of the tooth has a small tubercle on its inner side, and is 

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