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Show 1873.] DR. J. ANDERSON ON ASIATIC SHREWS. 231 AA H.J_. 2 T 2 T 2 + 6 - C. fuliginosa, Blyth. ^ T + 1 + 51*8=28. Lower incisor with one tubercle. i.dinpa. "Rlvth. - 2 T 2 T 2 +6 Pachyura nudipes, Blyth. *Ai-f.|-f.|±| = 30. Lower incisors smooth li'nt A 2 T 2 T 2 +6 P. w^er, Elliot. *^+f+§zI=30. Lower incisors smooth. P. indica (S. ceerulescens). ?±-4 + ? + ?±|=30. Lower incisors smooth. Intermaxillary suture examined. ~i+4 2 2 + 8, P. murina, L., apud Blyth. H±2* ++ 22 _+| _2|+±6| = - 3 0 . Lower incisor with one eminence. P. griffithii, Horsf. ?±*+|+|±|_30. Lower incisors with one eminence. P. serpentaria, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil., apud Blyth. 2-±i+| *+-g|= 30. Lower incisors smooth. P. «Wi«ff, Blyth. -: 2^ + !+!*±f=30. Lower incisors with one eminence in the middle. P. nemorivaga, Hodg. (S. soccatus 1). ^ + § + fijif=*30. Lower incisors smooth. P. melanodon, Blyth. ^AA_|_|. _j_|A| = 30. Lower incisor with a slight eminence. P. micronyx, Blyth. *-*2^ + j + 2 + 6 = = ^ Lower incisors smooth. B. Front upper incisors with an obscure internal process*. Crocidura himalaica, Gray. -4j- +2 + 2+6 = -^* Lower incisors smooth. It will be observed that I have included P. melanodon, Blyth, among the white-toothed Shrews, notwithstanding its specific name, because, after a careful scrutiny of the typical and only specimen in this museum, it seems that Blyth mistook the pulp shining through the delicate teeth for a piceous pigment, no trace of which is to be detected externally. Kelaart's geuus Feroculus is undoubtedly Crocidura, as the teeth are white, the upper front incisors short, strongly hooked, and succeeded by four small lateral teeth. Blyth doubtless regarded it as a Sorex because it had less strongly hooked upper incisors than the typical Sorices. H e describes the feet as remarkably large. Kelaart was inclined to consider it aquatic in its habits. The brown-toothed Shrews may be referred to two genera, Crossopus and Sorex. The teeth in the former are not so intensely brown-tipped as in the latter ; and there only four small lateral teeth. The front upper incisors are arched ; and each is provided on its inner margin with a small tooth-like process; and at the base of each posteriorly there is either a rather short and rounded or a strong basal tubercle. The lower incisors are marked by one or two eminences. Brandt found the intermaxillary suture between the |