194 MAMMALIA. 



An adult male in alcohol and its skull > in veiy 

 bad condition. Ceylon, Presented by H. Nevill, Esq., 26th 

 February 1874. 



240. Croeidura pygmseoides. 



(P) Sorex pygmaens, Sodgson, Ann. and Mag. Kat. Stst. 1845, p. 269. 

 Sorex perrottetii, Blyth (partim), Journ. As. Soc. Beng. voL xvi, 1847f 



p.. 1276; op. cit.Yo\. xxiv, 1855, p. 34. 

 (?) Sorex hodgsoBi, Blyth, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. vol. xxiv (1855), p. 34. 

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



Ann. and May. Nat. Hist. vol. xvii, 2nd ser. 1856, p. 20 ; Oat. 



Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 85 {partim). 

 (?) Sorex atratus, Blyth, JoUrn. As. Soc, Beng., vol. xxiv, 1855, p. 34. 

 Taehyntumicronj-K, Blyth, Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. Ai;ad. Wiss. JVien, 



1868, p. 171 ; Anderson, Froc. Zool. Soc, 1873, p. 231. 

 Croeidura (P.) pygmseoides^ Anderson, Journ. As, Soc. Beng, vol. xlvi, 



pt. ii, p. 279. 



Hah. Himalaya. 



Snont rather loDg, narrow and pointed ; well clad. Ears 

 well developed and promineut, sparsely clad with short hairs. 

 Feet well developed, rather long and slender, the hiud foot 

 being especially larger than in G. macrotis, Andr. ; toes 

 moderately long : claws strong and curved. Lower portion 

 of both anterior and posterior limbs clad with short brown 

 hairs. Feet rather sparsely clad with short brown hairs. 

 Tail rather long, somewhat tetragonal, and nearly equalling 

 the length of the trunk and half of the head, ringed, 35 

 rings to quarter of an inch, rather densely covered with short 

 brown hairs, which nearly hide the rings ; long white in- 

 terspersed hairs. Fur rather short, soft, and silky. General 

 colour- richj deep rusty brown. Snout pale rufous brown, 

 feet yellowish brown. Under parts brownish, with a marked 

 silvery sheen. 



Female. in. 



Length, tip of snont to vent 1*85 



„ oftail 1-40 



„ of hind foot 0-37 



„ tip of snout to eye 0'31 



„ eye to ear , , 0'15 



Height of ear . . . . 0-20 



Breadth of ear 0-23 



Anterior incisors well developed ; posterior portion with no 

 internal process of the cingulum ; conical point slightly 

 directed backwards. Second incisor large, broader than the 

 conjoint third incisor and canine, ■which have the usual re- 

 lations i premolar placed behind the canine^ visible exter- 



