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The skin of an adult and its skull. Gauhatf. Mu- 

 seum Collector, October 1873. 



«M. An adalt female in alcohol. No. 247C of Blyth's Cata- 

 logue. Arakan. Presented by Sir Arthur P. Phayre, 1845. 



Vae. sindensis. 



vv. An adult female in alcohol and its skull. Kavachf . By 

 exchange with the Karachi Museum, 2nd April 1877. Type 

 of C. sindensis. 



tow 8c xse. Two females in alcohol. Karachi. By ex- 

 change with the Karachi Museum, 19th March 1877. 



yy to bhh. An adolescent and a young male and two 

 females in alcohol. Karachi. By exchange with the Kard- 

 chi Museum, 29th April 1879. 



cee Sj" MA. An adult male and another in alcohol. Kardehi. 

 By exchange with the Karachi Museum, 4th June 1878. 



eee ^ ggg. Three specimens in alcohol. Karachi. By ex- 

 change with the Karachi Museum, 12th December 1879, 



230. Crocidura beddomii, «. sp. 

 Hub. Southern India (Kollegal, Coimbatore). 

 Snout moderately long, rather abruptly and sharply point- 

 ed. The snout, feet and tail very pale flesh-coloured. Gene- 

 ral colour of fur dark grey, rather richly marked with rufous 

 in some. The tail is about half the length of the body, and 

 the hind feet are small. The tail is nearly nude and sparsely 

 covered with short white hairs, with a few long white hairs 

 intermixed. 



The adult male and female have the following measure- 

 ments : — 



* ? 



Snout to vent 4-30 4-10 



Tail, vent to tip 2 30 250 



Hind foot 0-72 0-68 



This species is closely allied to G. ccerulescens, but it is very 

 much smaller with a proportionally less elongated snout. It 

 is separated from C. murina also by its shorter snout, the colour 

 of its nude parts, its sparsely clad tail and by the colour of 

 its fur. 



a to d. An adult and two adolescent males and one adult 

 female in alcohol, and the skull of a. Kollegal hills, Coimba- 

 tore District. Presented by Colonel Beddome, 25th Novem- 

 ber 1878. ,„ , 



e. An adult female in alcohol. Russellkonda. Ganjam 

 District. Presented by Colonel Beddome, 25th March 1879, 



