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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Erinaceus albulus is a very near ally of E. cmritus, the species inhabiting Eastern Europe 
and Northern Asia; indeed so close is it, that, as Dr. Anderson has pointed ont to me, there 
is no external character by which dried specimens, at all events, can he distinguished. All the 
teeth of E. cmritus are, however, very much smaller, and although the general outline of the 
skull is similar, that of E. albulus is larger ; the occipital portion is differently shaped, and 
there are several minor differences. The only specimen of E. auritus for comparison in the 
Indian Museum is from the Volga, and it is far from improbable that other specimens from 
further east may show a passage into E. albulus. 
Family— S0B1CIDJE. 
8. Sorex ( Crocidura ) Myoides. PI. I, fig. 1, and PL la, fig. 2. 
W. Blank, J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 106. 
S. (Crocidura) parvus, murinus, subtus albescens, peclibus albidis, pilis brevibus, sparsis 
indutus, caudd supra fused, subtus albeseente, setis brevissimis confertim annulatd, pilis 
longiusculis hie inde instruetd, auriculis mediocribus, rostro subtus albido. Long, corporis 
cum capite 2'1, ccmdce 1'5, pedis posterior is cum tarso O'5, auris O'22 poll. angl. 
1 ?, in spirit, from Leli, in Ladak. 
Mouse-brown above, white below, the fur being slaty at the base throughout; muzzle with 
numerous whiskers {vibrissa), the uppermost of which are brown, the lower white; the longest 
about three-quarters of an inch; lower surface of muzzle and chin white, with a few long 
hairs. Ears moderate, rounded, about as broad as they are high, almost naked. No lateral 
glands. Eore-feet whitish, thinly clad, with white hairs above. External surface of thigh 
and tarsus brown, inner surface whitish; lower part of thigh and tarsus very thinly clad; soles 
of feet naked, light brown. Tail about two-thirds the length of the head and body, moder¬ 
ately thick, with very close rings of short hairs, and a few scattered longer hairs. 
The following dimensions, especially those of the ear, being from a specimen preserved 
in spirit, are somewhat less than they would he in a living animal:— 
Inches. 
Whole length from nose to end of tail . . . • • • . 3’6 
Tail from anus . . . . . . . . . . . 1‘5 
Height of ear from orifice . . ..23 
Breadth of ear-conch . . . . . . . • • .0'22 
Longest whisker ........... 0'73 
Length of fore foot (palma).0*35 
Do. of hind foot (planta) . ..O’5 
Teeth 28 — i —-p m ^ The posterior process of each upper central incisor is 
about the same size as the canine. The second incisor from the middle is about three times the 
