158 INSECTIVORA. 



the termination of the long sacro-spinal ridge, and in so close apposition that the 

 two hones appear to meet and form an arch over the commencement of the caudal 

 vertehrse, in this respect differing remarkably from Tcdpa and Crocidura. 



The femur is short and cylindrical, as in Talpa and Crocidura, flattened behind 

 between the two trochanters with the rudiment of a third trochanter. The tibia 

 and fibula are anchylosed throughout more than their lower halves. The former 

 is shaped as in Crocidura, but the lower anterior extremity of the amalgamated 

 bones is rather deeply concave below, and from the tibial side of the concavity a 

 well marked process projects downwards and outwards across the concavity to the 

 fibular side, in which there is a marked anterior process, and these two are connected 

 by a ligament, so that the underlying tendons are securely held in position. The 

 metatarsus is slightly shorter than the tarsus. The latter is normal, but it has a 

 well developed, falciform sesamoid on the tibial side, as in Talpa. 



Measurements of skeleton. 



Inches. 



Lengtli of vertebral column from atlas to extremity of sacral spinous ridge .... 2'46 



„ „ caudal vertebrte ............. 75 



„ „ pre and mesosternum ............ '58 



„ „ clavicle ............... '33 



„ „ scapula ............... "44 



Greatest breadth of scapula ............. -08 



Length of acromion from base of metacromial process ........ '06 



„ metacromial .............. -08 



„ humerus .............. -46 



„ ulna -58 , 



„ radius ............... -42 



„ carpus and metacarpus ............ -21 



„ middle finger ............. -19 



„ pelvis -58 



„ thyroid foramen ............. -12 



Greatest breadth of thyroid foramen ........... -04 



Crest of ilium to anterior margin of acetabulum ......... -29 



Posterior margin of acetabulum to extremity of pelvis ........ -25 



Breadth of right side of pelvis across acetabulum ......... -12 



Distance between pubes anteriorly . . . . . . . . . . . .... 



ji „ !) posteriorly ........... -20 



Length of femur ............... -26 



„ tibia -75 



„ free portion of fibula ............ -25 



„ tarsus -25 



,, metatarsus .............. -20 



„ fourth toe .............. -21 



There is no csecum, and the intestine is 12-76" in length. The stomach 

 when inflated has a greater transverse than longitudinal capacity, and the oeso- 

 phageal and pyloric extremities approach close to each other and are nearly on the 

 same level, the former being almost in the middle line of the viscus. The cardiac 

 half projects considerably to the left, and there is a much narrower projection 

 to the right of the pylorus. 



The sub-maxillary glands are very large, 0"-36 long by 0"-18 in breadth, and 

 they reach as far back as on a line with the anterior margin of the axilla. 



