158 Miller New Asiatic Shrews. 



ever, it is not peculiar. Teeth as in C. myoides but smaller throughout. 

 The unicuspid teeth resemble those of the Kashmir animal in their 

 smaller size and less terete form as compared with those of 'C. russula. 



Measurements. External measurements of type: total length, 85: head 

 and body, 55; tail vertebra 1 , 80; hind foot, 13; hind foot without claws, 

 12. 



Cranial measurements of type: greatest length, 16.6; greatest postor- 

 bital breadth, 8.4; greatest antorbital breadth, 6; least interorbital 

 breadth, 4; mandible, 10; entire maxillary toothrow, 8.4; entire mandi- 

 bular toothrow, 8. 



Specimen examined. One, the type. 



Remarks. Crocidura ilensis agrees with C. lignicolor in size, but is very 

 different in color. In the latter character it is almost identical with C. 

 sicula, though lacking the faint broccoli-brown wash on the dorsal sur 

 face. The skull is only a trifle smaller than that of C. sicula and the 

 toothrow as a whole is of about the same length; but the unicuspid teeth 

 are much smaller. 



Crocidura shantungensis sp. nov. 



Type. Adult (skin and skull) No. 86,151, United States National Mu 

 seum. Collected at Chimeh, Shantung, northern China, June, 1898, by 

 Paul D. Bergen. 



Characters. Size and general appearance as in Crocidura tie tuns, but 

 molar teeth both above and below distinctly smaller. 



Color. In color Crocidura shantungensis closely resembles C. ilensis, 

 but the feet are less whitish and the dorsal surface is washed with broc 

 coli-brown exactly as in C. sicula. 



Skull and teeth. The hinder part of the skull is broken away so that 

 the form cannot be compared with that of the allied species. The ros 

 trum differs from that of C. ilejisis in greater relative breadth and depth. 

 The teeth are throughout smaller than those of C. ilensis, but the differ 

 ence is most noticeable in the molars. I can detect no tangible differ 

 ences in form. 



Measurements. External measurements of type (from skin): total 

 length, 87; head and body, 62; tail vertebra^, 25; hind foot, 13 (12). 



Cranial measurements of type: entire maxillary toothrow, 7.8; great 

 est antorbital breadth, 5.4; mandible, 9; entire mandibular toothrow, 7. 



Specimen examined. One, the type. 



Remarks. While this species exactly resembles C. sicula in color, it 

 is readily distinguished by its shorter, more bristly tail. In this charac 

 ter it differs from all the known European members of the genus and 

 agrees with the Asiatic C. myoides, C. ilensis, and C. lignicolor. 



Sorex macropygmseus sp. nov. 



Type, Adult male (skin and skull) No. 84,012, United States National 

 Museum. No. 8019, Leonhard Stejneger. Collected at Petropaulski, 

 Kamchatka, September 23, 1897, by Mrs. Stejneger, 



