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Show 50 MR . G. E. DOBSON ON THE [Feb. 4, b'. Opening of male or female generative organs forming with the anal orifice a shallow cloaca. b". Ear-conch well developed; tail long ; the fourth upper incisor larger than the anterior maxillary tooth. Dent. ^-4.Pm.2-2or3-3,m.3-3 = g r , ^ ^^ g0RICULUSi; mand. 6-6 J Blvth c". Ear-conch truncated above; tail short; the fourth ^ ' upper incisor rudimentary or absent. Dent. i-4-4orS-3.pm.3-3,m.»-3=32 Qr 3 Q ^ ^ BLARINA, Gray. mand. b-b d". Ear-conch well developed ; tail moderate; first upper incisior as in Blarina, without internal talon. Dent. *• 3~3, pm. 2-2 m. 3-3 = g2 fceeth NoTIOSOEEX, mand. b-b / , •> j, ••, b. Tail with an inferior fringe of long hairs; glans penis ^s °m> a broad with lateral processes. (Aquatic.) b'. Opening of male or female generative organs enclosed within the same integumentary ring as the anal orifice. b". Ear-conch small but perfect; tail long. Dent. i-3-3,pm.3-3,m.3-8= ^ ^^ CROSSOPUB, mand. 6- o -,-.3 , W agler. II. Teeth white Subfamily CBOCIDUEINiE. a. Tail without inferior fringe of long hairs ; glans penis cylindroid, tapering. (Terrestrial.) a'. Male or female generative organs opening close to the anal orifice but distinct from it, not forming a shallow cloaca as in Crocidura. a". Ear-conch well developed ; tail long, clothed with equal or subequal hairs. Dent. iJJzJiP°>:»78.ni|=g=- 30 or 32 teeth MYOSOREX, mand. b-b or 7-7 pi b'. Opening of the male or female generative organs forming ra^- with the anal orifice a shallow cloaca. b". Ear-conch well developed ; tail long, clothed with long and short hairs intermixed. Dent. L 3~3'pm" 3~3 °7 2r2'm' 8 ^ = 28 or 30 teeth CROCIDURA, mand. 6-o TT. , c". Ear-conch well developed; tail moderate; soles of the wagier. feet hairy. -T-. i. 2-2, pm. 2-2, m. 3-3 00 . ,, -r. Dent. -*-=--- = 2b teeth DIPLOMESODON, mand. b-b -r, Ht d". Ear-conch very short; tail rudimentary; soles of the feet -Brandt. naked. Dent. '• w~~' Pm- "T"'"1,'--= 26 teeth ANUROSOREX, mand. b-b . ^.., TT, , b. Tail with an inferior fringe of long hairs ; glans penis A- MU,"Jiclw-broad with lateral processes. (Aquatic.) V. Male or female generative organs opening within the same integumentary ring as the anal orifice. b". Ear-conch perfect but small; plantar callosities simple. Dent. - - '^m nd 6 1 6 - L = 28 teeth CHIMARROGALE, c". Ear-conch not developed; plantar callosities forming Anderson. adhesive pads. -,-. i. 3-3, pm. 2-2. m. 3-3 OQ , ., Dent- " -mandT6=b = 28 teeth NECTOGALE, A. Mil.-Edw. An examination of the arrangement and characters of the genera as given above shows that a certain parallelism exists between the 1 I have found lmmaausnstdt pi brbeuml coaolrnas triod oeitrnhe d Sht aw.aso t qtrmhuuireane udeStr oneaor tmtiaiccxchiueallslu;uad rsbay.u, tt e Aient.h Ma liblle .to-wtEehdeewnr. ,rte hisenp e lcwathssit ct ihhni csia slsosproe catinehsde taihsnet ea rnido r |