soiiicuLus. 207 



slightly exceeding the length of the body and head. Tail rather 

 coarsely scaly, ringed, 25 rings to quarter of an inch, sparsely 

 covered with very short dark brown hairs, arising between the 

 rings and with long brownish yellow hairs at the tip, forming 

 a kind of pencil. No long white hairs. Fur long, dense, 

 and soft; the under or hidden parts being deep slaty, the 

 exposed portion being tipped with rufous or golden brown ; 

 under parts gi-eyish brown. Feet pale brown. 



Tip of snout to vent in 2-46 



„ „ toeye . ,, 042 



Eye to ear „ 0-30 



Sind foot „ 0-54 



Vent to top of tail ........ 2'57 



The posterior portion of front upper incisor conically pointed, 

 reaching about half-way down the anterior portion : second 

 incisor moderately large and acutely pointed : third incisor 

 slightly larger than the canine, the tip of the latter being 

 level with the point of the small anterior external cusp of 

 the first molar. 



This shrew was referred to by Blyth as S. alpinus, Schinz, 

 from which, however, it is at once distinguished by the 

 character of its dentition, as it has only 30 teeth, whereas 

 S, alpinus has 32. 



I have examined the type of this species in the India 

 Museum. It came from Sikkim. 



In its rather broad [anterior extremities, it approaches C. 

 ni^rescens, and the character of its hmbs suggests that it is 

 partially of a burrowing habit. 



350«. An adult male in alcohol and its skull. No. 261 B of 

 Blyth's Catalogue, p. 86. Darjeeling. Presented by W. T. 

 Blanford, Esq., 1858. 



b. An adult male in alcohol, and the dental portion of its 

 sknil. Sikkim. Presented by W. T. Blanford, Esq., 2nd 

 September, 1871. ' Type oi C. ffraciliaauda. 



e 8c d. Two adults, in alcohol. Mungpu, British Sikkim. 

 Presented by J. L. Lister, Esq. 10th February 1879. 



Genus CROSS OPUS, "Wagler, 1832. 

 251. Crossopus fodiens. 



Crosaopus fodiens, {Pallas) Blasius, Naturg. der Sdageth. Deutschlands, 

 1857, p. 120. 



Hab. Europe (Northern), and Asia (Siberia). 

 251a. An adult male in alcohol. No. 263A, p. 87 of Blyth's 



