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large, and there is a considerable concavity or depression 

 immediately over the temporal fossa. The most marked 

 feature of the skull is the character of the teeth, more espe- 

 cially of the first upper incisor, which is short and but little, 

 if at all, hooked, and destitute of the marked eminence at its 

 base posteriorly, which is so distinctive of the generality of 

 shrews. There is a slight indication of the position of the 

 eminence on the outer side of the tooth, but no more, and 

 the tip of the first intermediate tooth is but little below the 

 basal portion of the first incisor, and the immediately 

 succeeding teeth gradually diminish in size to the fourth 

 intermediate tooth, which is well developed, and in the line 

 of the teeth before it, and almost wholly visible CKternally. 

 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 

 kst 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 premaxillse . . in. 0'45 



Breadth aei^oss molars ......... 0'17 



„ at posterior border of infraorbital foramen . . , ,^ 0'16 



„ at middle of frontal contraction „ 0'13 



„ external glenoid fossee , . . . . . . „ 0'21 



„ „ to auditory canal „ 026 



liength of upper row of teeth „ 0'21 



„ of lower „ „ „ „ 0'14 



235 «^ 5. Two adult males in alcohol and the skull of a. 

 Utakamund, Nilgiris. Presented by Lt.-Colonel Beddome, 

 30th July 1877. 



c S/- d. Two adults in alcohol. Nilgiris. Presented by Lt.- 

 Colonel Beddome, 28th July 1879. 



236. Croeidura (P). travancorensis. 



Crocidura (P.) travancorensis, Anderson, Jbum. As. Soc, Beng., vol. xlvi, 

 pt. 2,] 877, p. 275. 



Hab. Southern India (Travancore) ; 



Head more elongated before the ear than in P. macro- 

 tis ; ears moderately developed and sparsely clad; feet 

 seminude, with short white hairs, hardly hiding the scaly 

 skin. Claws well developed, 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 and not 

 obscured by the hairs, which are extremely few and short, 

 those at the tip being longest ; long white hairs interspersed. 



