186 MAMMALIA. 



considerably above the level of the point of the caniae. 

 There is a minute eminence on the outside of the lower in- 

 cisor near its tip. The total length of the upper line of teeth 

 is 0"-45. 



The skull unfortunately met with an accident before it was 

 measured. The smaller and more rounded ears, its larger size, 

 and the presence of a lateral gland separate it from 

 C. rub 



233«. An adult male in alcohol, and its skull, imperfect. 

 Madras. By exchange with the Central Museum, 13th 

 December 1876. T^pe of C. bidiana. 



b. An adolescent male in alcohol and its skull. Bombay. 

 Presented by Dr. P. Stoliczka, 12th April 1872. Tt/pe of 

 C. stoliczkana. 



234 Croeidura macrotis. 



Sorex peyrottetii, Blyth, (partim) Journ. As. Soc, vol. xvi (1847), 



p. 1275. 

 Sorex melanodon,* Blyth Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xxiv, 1855, p. 33. 

 Sorex -auAi^eStBlyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. xxiv, 1855, p. 34. 

 PaohjTira nudipes, Blyth, Fizinger, Sitzungsber, Ak. Wiss. Wien. 1868, 



p. 172 ; Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 231. 

 Pachyura assamensis, Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 232. 

 Croeidura (P.) macrotis, et nitidof ulva, Anderson, Journ. As. Soc. Benq., 



vol. xlvi, pt. ii, 1877, pp. 271 & 272. 



Mab. Lower Bengal (Calcutta), Assam (Goalpara), Tenas- 

 serim (Amherst). 



Snout semiuude, long, and somewhat swollen across the 

 incisors, with the nasal portion attenuated. Ears moderately 

 large and rather patulous, their antero-posterior breadth 

 equalling two-thirds of the distance from their lower angles to 

 the tip of the snout ; sparsely covered with short brown hairs 

 on their outer, and partially so, on their inner surface. Limbs 

 rather feeble, shortly haired from the elbow and knee down- 

 wards. Feet only sparsely covered with short brown hairs 

 which are paler on the toes ; toes rather short ; claws well 

 developed. Tail equalling or not quite equalling the length 

 of the trunk, rounded, tapering and ringed, nearly nude 

 in appearance, owing to the shortness of the brown hairs 

 which sparsely clothe it ; moderately long white hairs in- 

 terspersed as usual. Fur very short, shining brown or 

 dark-brown above, which is also the colour of the upper sur- 



> Wagler in 1833 {Ms, p. 54) named a red-toothed sbrew S. melanodon 

 = S, vulgaris. 



