662 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXTV. 
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CROCIDURA LEPIDURA, new species. 
Type.—Skin and skull of adult female, Cat. No. 123140, U.S.N.M., 
from the Kateman River, eastern Sumatra, collected by Dr. W. L. 
Abbott, September 1, 1903. Original number 2772. 
Diagnostic characters—A member of the subgenus Crocidura with 
a long scantily haired tail. Head and body, 105 mm.; tail, 71; hind 
foot, 18 mm., without claws; 19.5 including claws. 
Color of type—The upperparts much like a dark seal-brown of 
Ridgway; the underparts closely resembling a very dark drab; the 
bases of the hairs above and below slate-gray. Tail brownish black 
above and lighter beneath; it is scantily clothed for its entire length 
with very short hairs, so that the scales are plainly visible. On the 
basal half of the tail are a few scattered long hairs. Upper surfaces 
of feet and hands brownish. 
Skull—tThe skull of the type, and only specimen, is much broken, 
consisting practically of the rostrum and mandible only. 
Measurements.—Head and body, 105 mm.; tail, 71 (collector’s meas- 
urements made in the flesh; the same two measurements on the dried 
skin are 93 and 68 mm., respectively) ; hind foot (measured from the 
dried skin), 18 mm. without the claws and 19.5 including claws. 
Length of entire upper toothrow, from front of the most anterior 
tooth to back of last molar, 11.5; greatest distance between outer 
edges of upper toothrow, 7.5; length of entire lower toothrow, from 
point of the most anterior tooth to back of last molar, 10.6. 
Specimens examined.—One, the type. 
Remarks.—Crocidura lepidura differs so conspicuously in size from 
any of the five previously known Hairy-tailed Shrews from Sumatra 
that its specific distinctness can not be doubted. A table of measure- 
ments of the various species is given below. Except for larger size 
and darker color (. lepidura appears to be closely related to Crocidura 
fuliginosa as described by Blanford.¢ 
*Blanford, Fauna Brit, India, Mamm., p, 242. 
