ART. 1 MAMMALS FKOM CHINA — HOWELL 9 



G. M. Allen's original identification is accepted without comment. 

 It may be mentioned, however, that Cabrera (1925) was mistaken 

 in assigning as a generic character the presence upon the anterior 

 mandibular incisor of but one denticle, for the dorsal border of this 

 tooth is serrated. 



Genus SUNCUS Ehrenberg 



SUNCUS MYOSURUS (Pallas) 



(iorex myosurm Pallas, Acta Acad. Petrop., vol. 10, 1785, p. 327. 



Speciinens. — Twenty-seven from the following localities in Fukien : 

 Foochow, 8; Futsing (30 miles south of Foochow), 13; 70 miles 

 southwest of Yenpingf u, 4 ; Kulingsu Island, near Amoy, 2, including 

 one spirit specimen. 



This is the '■' Paehyura mur'ma " of authors, but J. A. Allen (1906) 

 called attention to the fact that this specific name of Linnaeus' is not 

 determinable among the several species of large shrews inhabiting 

 Java. In searching for a name recourse was then had to albtnus 

 Blyth as listed as a subspecies of indicus by Cabrera (1925). This 

 proves, however, to be no name, for Blyth merely stated that an 

 albino was secured at Amoy. I therefore follow Cabrera (1922) in 

 using the name Tnyosunis for the Chinese animal. This course, not- 

 withstanding, can be merely tentative until a revision of the Asiatic 

 mainland forms of musk-shrew has been undertaken. 



The skin from Kulingsu Island is a partial " albino," lacking black 

 pigment and thus being entirely buffy. The spirit specimen from 

 the latter locality, after the pelage had been dried, proved to be 

 browner than mainland examples but it is extremely unlikely that 

 there is a distinct race of such a wide-ranging species upon this small 

 island so close to the mainland. 



Genus CROCIDURA Wagler 



CROCIDURA ATTENUATA ATTENUATA Milne-Edwards 



Crocidura atteiiuafa Milne-Edwabds, Nouv. Arch. ISIus., 1871, p. 91 (Muniujr. 

 Sizechwan, China). 



Specimens. — Five; two from Yochow, Hunan; and three, includ- 

 ing two in spirits, from Suifu, Szechwan. 



It is assumed that the Hunan skins are fairly typical. At any 

 rate they differ from giisea in having the hind foot a trifle longer 

 and in being slightly less gray, or browner. The Suifu skin was 

 made up from a shrunken, salted pelt, and its skull is broken, so 

 little can be told about it. 



CEOCmURA ATTENUATA GRISEA A. B. Howell 



Crocidura grisea A. B. Howexl, Proe. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 39, 1926, p. 137 

 (75 miles southwest of Yenp ngfu. Fukien, China). 



