44 INSECTIVORA. 



France, Italy, and Switzerland. Generally distributed 

 through Germany, Poland, and Carniola. Is not uncom- 

 mon in Belgium. 



Crocidnra leucodon. 



Crocidura leucodon, De Selys, Micromm. 

 Sorex leucodon, Desm. Mainin. Sp. 236. 



Description. — All the teeth are white. Fur more or less 

 blackish above, white beneath and on the sides, the line of 

 division of these colours distinct ; the tail rather shorter 

 than in O. aranea, dark above, whitish beneath, with long 

 scattered white hairs ; the snout longer and darker than in 

 that species, which in size and proportion it much re- 

 sembles. 



Entire length, 3 inches 8 lines ; body, 2 inches 6| lines ; 

 tail, 1 inch 1\ line. — F. M. 



Found in the north-east of France, and in the west of 

 Germany, more commonly than O. aranea. Rare in the 

 South of France. Has been observed at Lyons, Metz, 

 and Strasburg. In Belgium, near Tournay. The Prince of 

 Musignano says that it is met with in the Alban Hills 

 near Eome, and that it inhabits all Central and Southern 

 Europe. 



Genus MYGALE. 



The two intermediate incisors of the upper jaw tri- 

 angular, very strong, flattened ; lower incisors sometimes 

 four, with the central ones smaller than those on the out- 

 side, sometimes six, all nearly equal; canines not to be 

 distinguished from the lateral incisors and anterior grinders ; 

 the four last grinders above, and the three last below on 

 each side, with sharp tubercles ; snout prolonged, very 

 flexible ; no outward ears ; eyes very small. 



