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iarities arc also appreciable in the outlines of the crowns. The large 

 premolar and first molar also exceed the corresponding teeth in ('. 

 grayi. 



Measurements. -Type: Head and body 71 mm.; tail, 54; hinp 

 fool (dry), 13; skull (teeth not worn), condylobasal length, 19.0; 

 breadth of braincase, 9.0; depth of braincase at middle, 5.0; mandi- 

 ble, 10.2; maxillary toothrow (entire), 8.8; mandibular toothrow 

 (entire I, 8.2. 

 N /» ciiiK us examined. Four, all from the type-locality. 



CROCIDURA BEATUS, new species. 



Type-specimen. Adult male (skin and skull). Cat. No. 144647, 

 U.S.N.M. Collected on summit of Mount Bliss (altitude 5,750 feet), 

 Mindanao, May 28, 1906, by Dr. Edgar A. Mearns. Original num- 

 ber, c»l 7:;. 



Diagnosis. Similar to Crocidura grayi and C. halconus, but color- 

 darker and skull slightly less robust. 



Color. -The elements of the color are the same as in Crocidura 

 Tialconus, but the blackish suffusion on back is more extensive, in- 

 volving nearly the entire dorsal surface. 



Skull and lath. -Excepl that it is less robust, a peculiarity not 

 appreciable except (indirect comparison, the skull resembles thai 

 of the other small Philippine Crociduras. The teeth in the type 

 are somewhat injured, but they apparently resemble those of C. 

 halconus. 



Measurements. Type: Head and body, 77 mm.: tail. 55; hind 



foot (dry), I I.I: skull (teeth slightly worn), condylobasal length, 19.2; 



breadth of braincase, 9.0; depth of braincase, 5.0; mandible, 10.4; 



maxillary toothrow (entire), 8.8; mandibular toothrow (entire), 8.2. 



Specimt n examined. The type. 



CROCIDURA MINDORUS, new species. 



Type-specimen. Young adult male (skin and skull), ('at. No. 

 L44654, U.S.N.M. Collected on summit of main ridge of Mount 

 Ilalcon (altitude 6,300 feet), Min.loro. November 1<». L906, by Dr. 

 Edgar A. Mearns. Original number, 6321. 



Diagnosis. Color and general appearance as in Crocidura grayi 

 audits allies, bul size noticeably greater; hind foot about 16 mm. in- 

 stead of about 13 mm., condylobasal length of skull about 22 mm. 

 instead of about l 9 nun. 



Color. The color so exactly resembles thai of Crocidura lialconus 

 and C. grayi as to need no special description. The blackish suffu- 

 sion on back is, however, apparently a little less evident than in C. 

 hull-on us. 



si-nil ami teeth. Though at once distinguishable by its conspicu- 

 ously larger size the skull -hows no peculiarities of form as compared 



