caociDURA. 185 



tlian exceeds the size of the united third incisor and canine. 

 These two last mentioned teeth are rather small, and the 

 canine slightly exceeds the size of the incisor. The tip of 

 the chief cusp of the false molar is below the level of the 

 point of the second incisor . 



2323. A stuffed adult, JMo. 246C of Blyth's Catalogue and 

 its skull. Amoy. Presented by R. Swinhoe, Esq., 1854. 

 Type of S. swinhoei, Blyth. 



233. Crocidura bidiana. 



Crocidura (P.) stoliczkana et bidiana, Anderson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 vol. xlvi, pt. ii, 1877, pp. 270, 276. 



Ilah. Southern and Western India (Madras and Bombay). 



Snout long and pointed. Ears moderately large and 

 round, and rather well haired. Feet large and semiiiude; the 

 lower halves of the radial and tibial portions are also semi- 

 nude ; claws with rather long sharp curved points. Tail not 

 much swollen at the base, equalling the length of the trunk 

 and one-half of the head, well covered witli short brown hairs, 

 with long whitish hairs intermixed, their bases being dark 

 brown. Snout, ears, and feet pale reddish brown, tail darker. 

 J"ur long, fine, and dense, 0".'55 in length, reddish brown above 

 and below, the basal portion of 'the fur, as usual, being dark 

 slaty. The under surface has also a greyish gloss. 



Ijength, tip of snout to vent in. 3'20 



of tail „ 2-60 



of hind foot „ 080 



„ tip of snout to eye ." „ 0-70 



^, eye to ear „ 27 



Height of ear „ 027 



Breadth of ear „ 030 



The foregoing specimen is a male with nearly all the 

 sutures of the skull obliterated. The upper incisors are not 

 very prominent and but little curved, and there is a small 

 but well-defined tubercle on the inner side of the posterior 

 portion of these teeth forming a sharp conical cusp. The 

 second incisor is large and nearly equals the length of the 

 chief cusp of the first molar. The third incisor and canine 

 are almost of equal size, but the latter, as is generally the 

 case, is slightly larger than the former. The premolar is 

 small and wedged in between the canine and the first molar, 

 is sharply conical, and nearly wholly visible externally. The 

 anterior cusp on the first molar is small and rather blunt, and 



