BLARINA. 383 



Gent. Char. Skull largest and heaviest of the American Sori- 

 cidae. 



Color. Above sooty plumbeous, beneath ashy plumbeous. 



Measurements. Total length, average, 127; tail vertebra;, 26.5; 

 hind foot, 16.5. 



a. — caroUnensis. (Son-x), Bachm., Jour. Acad. Sci. Phil., vii, Part 11, 

 1837, pp. 366-370. 



Type locality. Eastern South Carolina. 



Gcogr. Distr. Chesapeake Bay to Arkansas. 



Genl. Char. Intermediate between B. brevicaitda i.i\A B. parva ; 

 hind foot small as in B. parva. Occipital plane of skull more arched 

 than in B. brevicauda, mandible weaker. 



Color. Above sooty plumbeous; paler beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 99.5; tail vertebra;, 20.5; hind 

 foot, 12.5. 



b.—hulopha^a. {Blarina), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mas., 1899, i, 

 p. 287, Zoology. 



Type locality. Dougherty, Indian Territory. 



Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 



Gent. Char. Similar to B. b. caroUnensis, but lighter in color and 

 differing in the character of the teeth, and with an extremely short 

 tail. Skull: occipital plane flat as in B. brevicauda, only slightly 

 elevated above the frontals; mandible equally massive for the rela- 

 tive size, and the angle well pronounced. Pterygoid fossa as long 

 as that of B. brivicauda, notwithstanding the shorter length of skull. 

 Incisors broad at base and sloping forwards, fifth unicuspid not visi- 

 ble from the outside, first and second unicuspids more than twice 

 the size of the following three, and projecting forward. Middle 

 cusp of first upper molar large and pyramidal in shape. 



Color. Adult Male. Uniform silvery graj- in most lights, chang- 

 ing to light brown in others; under parts pale hues of same colors 

 and when viewed against the hair becoming buff. Feet flesh color. 

 Tail brown above, brownish white below. 



Measurements. Total length, 100; tail vertebra;, 18; hind foot, 

 12. Skull: occipito-nasal length, 20; length of Hensel, 17; greatest 

 mastoid breadth, 9; palatal length, 8; pterygoid, 3. 



c. — peninmUae. (Blarina), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, 

 p. 14. 



Type locality. Miami River, Dade County, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Peninsula of Florida, south of latitude 28°. 



Genl. Char. Similar to B. b. caroUnensis, but with larger hind 

 feet and more slaty coloration; molariform teeth larger. 



