188 Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting [No. 171. 



5. Pachysoma Duvaucellii: pale greyish-brown. 



The following is a description of a new-born. The upper part of the 

 head, the nape of the neck, the back and the posterior surface of 

 the humerus and femur, were covered with dense, soft, short hairs, 

 of a dark greyish-brown ; all the rest of the body was naked, of a grey- 

 ish-black colour. The eyelids were not yet separated. The joints of 

 the bones of the extremities were cartilaginous. The nails of the thumb 

 and index were developed, but the feet and nails of the toes had already 

 attained the size of the adult. The tongue was considerably extensile. 

 The teeth present were : 



4 1 i 2 . 2 



Incis. --. Canin. Mol. - — • 



4 1 — 1 2 . 2 



Entire length, one and four-eighth of an inch, of which the slightly 

 projecting tail two- eighth inch. Extent of the flying membrane, six 

 and four- eighth inches. 



In an individual measuring two and four-eighth inches in length, with 

 an extent of the membrane of nine inches, the face and the lower parts, 

 excepting the throat, had become scantily covered with light brownish- 

 grey, short hairs. The eyelids were separated. The shoulder, elbow, 

 hip, and knee-joints, had become ossified, the other joints still remaining 

 cartilaginous. 



Insectivora. 

 Gen. — Tupaia, Raffles. 



TUPAIA FERRUGINEA, Raffles. 



Syn. — " Tupai Press," Raffles and Horsfield. 



Cladobates ferrugineus, F. Cuv. apud Schinz. 

 Sorex Glis, Diard and Duvaucel. 

 Glisorex ferruginea, Desmarest. 

 Hylogale ferruginea, Temminck. 

 Herpestes, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist.*' 



* Vol. II, p. 458, PI. XI 1I|. The explanation accompanying this figure is as 

 follows: "Searching for Col. Farquhar's drawing of Rhizomys Sumatrensis already 

 referred to, I found in the Society a drawing of a bushy-tailed Herpestes, differing 

 merely from Mr. Hodgson's Gulo Urva, in having the tail of one uniform colour with 

 the body, without the yellow tip. There is no name or letter on the drawing to shew 



