CRYPTOTIS. 149 



8.8; length of mandible, 10.4; length of lower tooth row, 7.8. Ex 

 type in United States National Museum. 



Cryptotis olivaceus (Allen). 



Blarina olivaceus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXIV, 1908, 

 p. 669. 



Type locality. San Rafael de Norte, Nicaragua. Altitude about 

 5000 feet. 



Color. Above grayish brown, changing according to the light 

 beneath whitish gray; feet whitish; tail above dusky, beneath grayish 

 white. Ex type in American Museum of Natural History. 



Measurements. Total length, 80; tail, 17; hind foot, 10. Skull: 

 Broken, occipital region wanting; length of upper tooth row, 6.6; 

 length of mandible, 8.8. Ex type in American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



Cryptotis frontalis Miller. 



Cryptotis frontalis Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 



222. 



Type locality. Near City of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Type in 

 United States National Museum. 



Genl. Char. Like C. mexicana, but skull more robust; teeth larger, 

 the inner tubercles of upper unicuspids less developed. 



Color. Type in alcohol. 



Measurements. Total length, 93 ; tail, 27; hind foot, 12.2. Skull: 

 Occipito-nasal length, 18.2; Hensel, 16.6; zygomatic width, 6.2; 

 intertemporal width, 5.3; breadth of braincase, 10.2; length of man- 

 dible, 10.6; length of upper tooth row, 7.6; length of lower tooth row, 

 8. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Cryptotis merus Goldman. 



Cryptotis merus Goldman, Smith. Misc. Coll. LX, 1912, p. 17. 



Type locality. Near head of Rio Limon, Mount Pirri, eastern 

 Panama. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. orophila but smaller; darker in color. 



Color. Entire pelage above and beneath uniform black; feet 

 dusky; tail black all around. Ex type in United States National 

 Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 98; tail, 31; hind foot, 12.5. Skull: 

 Total length, 19.1; zygomatic width, 6.5; breadth of braincase, 9.3; 

 intertemporal width, 4.7; length of upper tooth row, 8.8; length of 

 mandible, 9.6; length of lower tooth row, 5.7. Ex type in United 

 States National Museum. 



