190 MAMMALti. 



Fur very short, dense, and soft ; reddisTi brown above, tbe 

 under surface greyish, with a warm tint, silvery in certain 

 lights. Feet yellowish brown. Tail above concolorous wiro 

 the upper surface of the body. 



Length from tip of snont to vent in. 1'66 



„ of tail „ 119 



„ of hind foot „ OSl 



„ from tip of snont to eye „ 0'30 



„ eye to year „ 0-14 



Height of ear „ 0-19 



Breadth of ear „ 0'21 



The skull has the facial portion more elongated than in 

 C, macroUs. 



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 large and rather sharply pointed. The 

 second is considerably larger than the third incisor and the 

 canine combined, and its apex reaches as far downwards as 

 the anterior point of the first incisor. The third incisor and 

 the canine are of equal breadth, the first of the two being the 

 longer. The small premolar is largely visible externally, al- 

 though it lies between the canine and first molar. There is a 

 slight swelling on the outer border of the lower incisor near 

 its free end, 



S 



Anterior.border of foramen magnnm to tip of premaxillse , in. 049 



Breadth across masillse . . , . . . . »» 0-18 



„ behind infraorbital foramen ■ . . . „ 0-13 



„ before brain case . . . , . . „ O'lS 



„ external to glenoid fossae „ 020 



„ „ to tympanic , 0"26 



Length from condyle of lower jaw to anterior end of 

 alveolar length from condyle of lower jaw to anterior 



end of alveolar line . , . . . . . « 0'25 



Length of npper alveolar line „ 0"20 



„ lower „ „ „ 012 



236a. An adult male in alcohol and its skull. Travaneore. 

 Presented by the Rev. H. Baker, 1871. Type. 



b. An adult in alcohol. Kalaghat, western slopes of the 

 Nilgiris. Presented by Lt.-Colonel Beddome, 6th April 1878. 



c. An adult in alcohol. Kollegal Hills. Present-ed by 

 Lt.-Colonel Beddome, 25th November 1S78. 



(xVo lateral gland.) 



237. Crocidura nibiounda. 



Crocidura (P.) rahicnnia, J nderson, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. voL xlvi, pt. 2, 

 1877, p. 277. 



