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Genus SCAPTOCHIRUS Milne-Edwards 



SCAPTOCHIRUS GILLIESI Thomas 



Scaptochirus gttliesi Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 5, 1910, j). 350 

 (Hotsin, Shansi, China). 



Speciinens. — Six: 1 from Yulingfu, Shensi; 1 from Taiyuanfu, 

 Shansi; and 4 from 20 miles west of Ningwufu, Shansi, 



One of these is especially pale and so old that most of the enamel is 

 worn from the teeth. 



SCAPTOCHIRUS LEPTURUS (Thomas) 



Talpa Icptura Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5. vol. 7, 1881, p. 470 

 (Peking, Chihli, China). 



Spechnen. — One skull from Heisui, Manchuria. 

 The skin of this specimen i^ missing and as the skull is apparently 

 somewhat immature, identity can be but provisional. 



Genus SCAPANULUS Thomas 



SCAPANULUS OWENI Thomas 



Scapamtlus otoeni Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vo]. 10, 1912, p. 397 

 (23 mile.s east of Taochow, Kans^u. China). 



Specimen. — One from Archuen, Minshan Mountains, Kansu. 

 This specimen matches the description of this species in all par- 

 ticulars. 



Family SORICIDAE 



Genus SOREX Linnaeus 



SOREX ANNEXUS Thomas 



Sorex annexus Thomas, Proc. Zool. Sec. London, 1906. p. 859 (Mingyong, 110 

 miles southeast of Seoul, Korea). 



Speeimen. — One from the Sungaree River, Manchuria. 



SOREX BEDFORDIAE BEDFORDIAE Thomas 



Horev bedfordiae Thomas, Abst. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, No. 90, 1911, p. 3 

 (Mt. Omei, Szechwan, China). 



Specimen. — One from Washan, Szechwan, 



This is a poor sl^in without measurements and the skull is damaged, 

 so that an exact determination is impossible. But in coloration and 

 dental characters it agrees with hedfo?'diae. 



Genus BLARINELLA Thomas 



BLARINELLA WARDI Thomas 



Blarinella wardi Thoaias, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 15, 1915, p. 336 

 (Hpimaw^, Upper Burma). 



Specimen. — One from the Likiang Mountains, Yunnan. 

 This specimen, obtained in exchange from the American Museum, 

 is the only representative of its genus in the national collection, and 



