VOL. XIV, PP. 95-96 JUNE 27, 1901 



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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW SHREW FROM SWITZERLAND.* 



BY GERRIT S. MILLER, Jn. 



Among some shrews from Switzerland recently purchased by 

 the United States National Museum is a strikingly character 

 ized species of Orocidnra to which none of the names based on 

 members of the genus can be applied. It may be called: 



Crocidura mimula sp. nov. 



Type. Adult female (skin and skull) No. 105,801, United States Na 

 tional Museum. Collected at Ziiberwangen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 

 December 1, 1900, by Ernst H. Zollikofer. Original number, 192. 



Characters. Form, dentition, and general ap 

 pearance as in Crocidura russula, but size con 

 spicuously less (hind foot only 12 (11), greatest 

 length of skull 16 instead of 19-21). 



Color. Entire dorsal surface sepia, faintly 

 darker over lumbar region, the hairs showing 

 bright silvery reflections when held in certain 

 ~ lights. Underparts dull ochraceous-buff, not 



h^sba/ V ^^W_^ sharply contrasted with color of sides. Chin 



FIG. i.-o. Crocidura whitish - The bases of the hairs are everywhere 

 russuia, b. c. mimula blackish slate, but this color does not appear at 

 (natural size). surface except irregularly and indistinctly on 



belly. Feet yellowish white. Tail ochraceous- 

 buff, its upper surface tinged with sepia. 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



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