158 Millcr—Xcv Axiatir Shrews. 



ever, it is not peculiar. Teotli as in C. myoideK but smaller thronjrhnut. 

 The unicuspid teeth resemble those of the Kashmir animal in their 

 smaller size and less terete form as compared with those of G. riistivln. 



Measurement.'^. — External measurements of type: total length, 85; head 

 and body, 50: tail vertebrie, ;!0: hind foot. 11': hind foot without claws, 

 12. 



Cranial measurements of type: greatest length. KJ.G: greatest postor- 

 bital breadth, 8.4: greatest antorbital breadth, (5: least interorbital 

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

 bular toot brow, 8. 



Specimen exa7mneih — One. the type. 



Renun'kfi. — Crociduru ilensin agrees with C. liynicolor in size, but is very 

 dilTerent in color. In the latter character it is almost identical with 6'. 

 su'kIk, though lacking the faint broccoli-brown wash on the dorsal sur- 

 face. The skull is only a tritle smaller than that of <'. xicula and the 

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

 are much smaller. 



Crocidura shantungensis sp. nov. 



7'ype. — Adult (skin and skull) No. 8().151, United States National ^lu- 

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

 Paul I). Bergen. 



('Jinracterx. — Size and general appearance as in Crocidura ik')ii<is, but 

 molar teeth both above and below distinctly smaller. 



Color. —In color Crocidura .•<//aaf>nir/(/i-si.s closely resembles C. ilensis, 

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

 coli-brown exactly as in C. dcula. 



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. ilen.si.t in greater relative breadth and depth. 

 The teeth are throughout smaller than those of ('. ilensis, but the dilfer- 

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

 ences in form. 



Measureinenfx. — External measurements of type (from skin): total 

 length, 87; head and body, ()2; tail vertebrae, 25; hind fool, K> (12). 



Cranial measurements of type: entire maxillary toothrow. 7.8; great- 

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



Specimen e.ramined. — One, the type. 



lieniarks. — While this species exactly resembles C. xicuht 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 wit li the Asiatic C niyoides, C. ilensis, and C tif/nirofor. 



Sorex macropygmseus sp. nov. 



Type. — Adultr 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. 



