560 BLARINA. 



529. soricina (Blarind), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, P- 22 - 

 TLALPAM SHREW. 



Type locality. Tlalpam, Valley of Mexico, ten miles south of 

 Mexico City. Altitude, 7,600 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Mexico ; range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to B. tropicalis, but darker; third unicuspid 

 with chestnut-tipped cusplet on inner side; large upper premolar 

 deeply excavated posteriorly. 



Color. Above sooty black; beneath brownish. 



Measurements. Total length, 88; tail vertebrae, 26.5; hind foot, 

 12.5. 



530. mexicana (Blarina), Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. 



Terr., in, 1877, p. 652. 

 COUES' MEXICAN SHREW. 



Type locality. Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



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



Genl. Char. Medium size, dark coloration. Skull like that of 

 B. carolinensis , but higher in occipital region and braincase; upper 

 second molar with postero-internal lobe smaller than the antero- 

 internal. 



Color. Above sooty, back and rump darkest; beneath tinged with 

 brownish; tail and feet blackish. 



Measurements. Total length, (average) 99; tail vertebrae, 27; 

 hind foot, 13.3. 



a. goldmani (Blarina), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 25. 

 GOLDMAN'S SHREW. 



Type locality. Mountains near Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero, 

 Mexico. Altitude, 10,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Guerrero, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to B. mexicana, but under parts paler; brain- 

 case but slightly elevated above plane of rostrum. 



Color. Above sooty plumbeous, rump darkest; beneath paler 

 plumbeous. 



Measurements. Total length, 100; tail vertebrae, 28; hind foot, 13. 



b. peregrina (Blarina), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 24. 

 WANDERING SHREW. 



Type locality. Mountains 15 miles west of Oaxaca, Mexico. Alti- 

 tude, 9,500 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to B. mexicana; postero-internal cusplet of 

 the unicuspidate teeth nearly obsolete and without chestnut tip; 



