16 Merrimn — Two New Shrews frotn Califoriiia. 



Sorex tenellus myops subsp. nov. 



Type from White Mountains, California. No. ffffl 9 ad. U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, Biological Survey Collection. July 13, 1901. E. W. 

 Nelson. Original No. 1101. 



Characters. — Similar to tenellus but slightly smaller; ears larger; color 

 paler: skull shorter and broader; constriction and rostrum decidedly 

 broader; rostrum abruptly broadened behind unicuspids; molariform 

 teeth more deeply excavated posteriorly. 



Measurements. — Type specimen, 9 '■ total length 98; tail vertebrae 41; 

 hind foot 12. A topotype measures: total length 98; tail vertebrae 41; 

 hind foot 12.5. 



