230 Merriam — Descriptions of Five New Shrews. 



teeth (skull more slender and delicate; pni and m ^ and m ^ much more 

 deepl.v excavated posteriorly ; second unicnspid not larger than first). Its 

 nearest relative seems to l)e S. w/fwsH/r/ canditlw^, which differs from it in 

 somewhat darker coloration, in having; the tail decidedly i)aler ))elo\v, 

 and in the cranial and dental peculiarities already described. 



Measikrcments. — Type specimen: total length, 120; tail vertebne, 57; 

 hind foot, I"). Average of 4 specimens: total length, 122.5; tail verte- 

 brae, 55; hind foot, 14.7. 



Specimens examined. — Total number, 4, from the following localities in 

 Guatemala: 



Volcano Santa Maria, Quezaltenango (type locality), 3. 

 Todos Santos, Huehuetenango, 1. 



