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6 BLARINA, 
Blaria Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. XXI. 
Talposorex Pomel, Archiv. Scien. Phys. & Nat. Bibl. Univ. Genéve, 
Ix, 1645, p. Bas: 
Cryptotis Pomel, Archiv. Scien. Phys. & Nat. Bibl. Univ. Genéve, 
Ix, 1848, p. 249. 
Galemys (nec Kaup) Pomel, Archiv. Scien. Phys. & Nat. Bibl. 
Univ. Genéve, 1x, 1848, p. 249. (Part.) 
Anotus Wagn., Supp. Schreb. Saugeth, 1855, p. 550. 
Soriciscus Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr., 1877, p. 
649. 
Ear conch truncate above; tail short; fourth upper incisor rudi- 
mentary or absent; first and second unicuspids largest, subequal; 
middle incisor with elongate basal lobe; braincase highest at lamb- 
doidal suture. 
Fic. 104. BLARINA PERGRACILIS. TYPE. 
No. 8689 Field Columbian Mus. Enlarged 2's times. 
Tooth rows enlarged 6 times. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES. 
Size small, total length less than roo mm. 
a. Tail less than half as long as the head and 
body. 
a.’ Above blackish olive brown, beneath pale PAGE 
erayish: browil.!; ..!sen come Gee B. pergracilis 557 
b.’ Above ash brown, beneath grayish..... B. b. berlandiert 558 
c.’ Above and beneath blackish............. B. nigrescens 558 
