BLARINA. 559 



Measurements. Total length, 87; tail vertebrae, 22; hind foot, 12. 

 Skull: total length, 20; mastoid breadth, 9.5; length of nasals, 7; 

 length of upper tooth row, 9 ; between outer edge of last molars, 6.3. 



526. tropicalis (Blarina) , Merr., N. Amer. Faun., No. 10, 1895, 



p. 21. 



tropicalis (Corsira), Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1843, P- 79- Nomen 

 nudum. 



micrura Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1877, p. 446. 

 TROPICAL SHREW. 



Type locality. Coban, Guatemala. Altitude, 4,400 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. States of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, Mexico, into 

 Guatemala. 



Genl. Char. Size very small ; tail less than half the length of head 

 and body. 



Color. Above cinereous hair brown, beneath ashy. 



Measurements. Total length, 83; tail vertebrae, 23; hind foot, 

 11.4. 



527. obscura (Blarina), Merr., N. Amer. Faun., No. 10, 1895, P- 2 3- 

 DUSKY SHREW. 



Type locality. Tulancingo, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Altitude, 

 8,500 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Hidalgo, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Smaller and paler than B. mexicana; skull and teeth 

 similar but smaller. 



Color. Above dark plumbeous; beneath lighter tinged with 

 brownish. 



Measurements. Total length, 89; tail vertebras, 24; hind 

 foot, 13. 



528. oreophila. 



orophila! (Blarina), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1895, 



p. 340- 

 VOLCANO OF IRAZU SHREW. 



Type locality. Volcan de Irazii, Costa Rica, Central America. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 



Genl. Char. Pelage soft, glossy; ears rudimentary; tail nearly 

 half as long as the head and body. Similar to B. cinerea, but smaller. 



Color. Above dark brown; sides paler; under parts smoke gray; 

 tail dusky above, paler beneath; feet grayish brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 76; tail vertebrae, 21; hind foot, 

 ii. Skull: length of nasals, 5; upper tooth row, 8; distance between 

 outer border of last molars, 5.5. 



