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proportionately stouter limbs ; but I doubt if I have seen a full grown 

 specimen. 



S. (?) viridescens, nobis, n. s. A flat skin, tail-less, and with only one 

 hind-foot attached, but nevertheless recognisable as certainly distinct 

 from S. Sonneeatii, not only by its colouring and quality of fur, but by 

 having the hind-foot to heel 1 T V in. long, whereas that of Sonneratii is 

 barely *§ in. Length to base of "tail about b\ in. Colour very dark ; fuli- 

 ginous on the face to beyond the ears ; and the upper-parts slightly, the 

 lower very conspicuously, tipped with yellowish, which imparts a dingy 

 greenish aspect, whence the name. Fur unusually short and close, ap- 

 proximating the velvety character of that of the Mole. Perhaps a new 

 genus of Soricida;. Mr. Baker remarks that this is " the common species 

 of Southern Malabar, the bite of which the natives dread as poisonous.* 



* Major Tytler has permitted me to examine four species of Soeex, more or 

 less well preserved in spirit, from his collection. 



1. S. soccatus, Hodgson, nobis, J. A. S. XXIV, 30, and Ann. Mag. N. H., 

 2nd series, XVII, 17. From the Masuri hills. Length of head and body 5 in. ; 

 of tail 3 in. ; and hind-foot to heel £ in. This is larger than hitherto recorded ; 

 but I do not hesitate in identifying the species. 



2. S. ? Length of head and body 2 in., of tail 1| in. ; hind-foot to 



heel j 7 g in. Colour slaty-brown throughout, a little canescent below. The quasi - 

 incisive teeth particularly large and strong. In bad condition. Masuri. 



3. S. — ? One of the minute species, from the same locality as S. Ml- 



Ceonyx, nobis ; but of a much darker and more fuscous brown colour above, 

 dingy canescent below, and the tail longer and more slender, containing 17 or 

 18 vertebra : ears smaller and thinner than in S. miceonyx ; and the quasi- 

 incisors larger. Length of head and body 1| in. ; tail l T 5 g in. ; hind-foot to heel 

 nearly f in. Masuri. 



4. S. Tytleei, nobis, n. s. A remarkable species from the Deyra doon, of 

 a light rufescent sandy-brown colour, unusually well clad, even on the feet and 

 tail, the last being densely covered with a shortish fur, having numerous long 

 hairs intermixed. Fur of the body dusky for the basal two- thirds or more, and 

 tipped with the hue described ; the upper-parts being more rufescent, the lower 

 slightly paler : form unusually robust, the basal portion of the tail exceedingly 

 thick. The larger of two specimens, a female, measures — head and body 4| in., 

 the tail 2f in. Hind- foot to heel £ in. I do not think it full-grown, though 

 Major Tytler has not seen any of larger size. 



The following new species of typical Soeex is from China (Amoy). 



5. Swinhoei, nobis. Of an uniform duskyish mouse-colour, tinged below with 

 cinereous ; the ear-conch unusually large ; and the fur close and velvety, or 

 Mole-like. Length of head and body 3f in., of tail 2 in. : hind-foot f in. Pre- 

 sented to the museum by R. Swinhoe, Esq., of H. M. Consulate, Amoy. 



