42 INSECTIVOKA. 



Its habits are the same as those of S. fodiens. 



It is rare in England and Scotland, in which latter 

 country it has occurred most frequently near Glasgow. 

 In France, it has been found near Abbeville, Chartres, and 

 in the Department of the Gard. In Belgium, near liege, 

 and in Germany, at Frankfort-on-the-Main, where, says De 

 Selys Longchamps, it is more common than S. fodiens. 



On the whole, it seems doubtful whether or not these 

 two (so-called) species are really distinct. 



Genus CROCIDURA. 



The two lower incisors not dentated, the two upper 

 with a pointed heel ; the three or four intermediate teeth 

 in the upper jaw becoming less from the first tooth ; all 

 the teeth are white, 28 or 30 in number ; ears oval, well- 

 developed, distinctly longer than the fur, nearly naked ; 

 tail shorter than the body, rounded, diminishing in thick- 

 ness from the root, which is very thick, furnished with 

 long isolated hairs and scattered through many short ones ; 

 feet almost bare, without stiff hairs. Fur resembling in its 

 texture that of the Mouse. 



Crocidura Etrusca. 



Pachyura Etrusca, Buon. Faun. Ital. 



Crocidura Etrusca, Buon. Faun. Ital. ; De Selys, Micromm. 



Description. — Teeth in number 30, four intermediate in 

 the upper jaw. Tail shorter than the body, slightly 

 squared, of almost a uniform thickness to the tip, where 

 it ends in an abrupt point ; grey-brown above, whitish be- 

 neath, covered with very short hairs, forming a tuft at the 

 end; from each joint springs a circle of very fine whitish 

 hairs about two lines in length ; eyes very small ; upper 

 parts of head and body ashy, with more or less of a 



