NEW SPECIES OF SORICIDAE 567 
This species is closely allied to C. fuliginosa from the same 
Zoological sub-region, but differs from that species conspicuously 
in the extraordinary length of the tail and in the much 
longer pes. 
Hab. Sumatra (Mount Singalan at an elevation of 2000 metres). 
Collected by D." O. Beccari. 
Crocidura beccarii, n. sp. 
Closely allied to C. fuliginosa but differing from that species 
in its smaller size, conspicuously much shorter ears, and in the 
relatively much smaller third upper incisor which is scarcely 
more than half the size of the anterior maxillary tooth (penul- 
timate premolar), the latter tooth also developes a posterior 
basal process, and the anterior basal process of the last premolar 
is very small. The ears are short and clothed with short black 
hairs, the feet and tail are similarly thinly covered; the tail is 
cylindrical and slender and its basal fourth has a few long fine 
hairs. The fur is moderately long and dense, very dark brown 
above, on the ventral surface the extremities of the hairs are 
slightly ashy. 
No trace of a lateral gland in the single male specimen, 
which, judging from the worn condition of some of the teeth, 
appears to be full grown. 
Length (of an adult male preserved in alcohol) head and 
body 66 nm, tail 53, eye to tip of nostril 11 !/,, ear 7, elbow 
to end of middle digit 16 !/,, manus 7, pes 13, tip of anterior 
cusp of first upper incisor to tip of chief cusp of the last pre- 
molar 4 1/,. 
Hab. Sumatra (Mount Singalan). 
Collected by D." O. Beccari. 
It gives me much pleasure to connect with this interesting 
species the name of its discoverer the distinguished naturalist 
and traveller D." O. Beccari. 
