560 BLARINA. 
529. soricina (Blarina), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 22. 
TLALPAM SHREW. 
Type locality. Tlalpam, Valley of Mexico, ten miles south of 
Mexico City. Altitude, 7,600 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Mexico; range unknown. 
Genl. Char. Similar to B. tropicalis, but darker; third unicuspid 
with chestnut-tipped cusplet on inner side; large upper premolar 
deeply excavated posteriorly. 
Color. Above sooty black; beneath brownish. 
Measurements. Total length, 88; tail vertebra, 26.5; hind foot, 
Tae. 
530. mexicana (Blarina), Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. 
Perr, 1, 0879, pose. 
Cours’ MEXICAN SHREW. 
Type locality. Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. States of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Medium size, dark coloration. Skull like that of 
B. carolinensis, but higher in occipital region and braincase; upper 
second molar with postero-internal lobe smaller than the antero- 
internal. 
Color. Above sooty, back and rump darkest; beneath tinged with 
brownish; tail and feet blackish. 
Measurements. Total length, (average) 99; tail vertebra, 27; 
hind foot, 13.3. 
a.—goldmani (Blarina), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 25. 
GOLDMAN’S SHREW. 
Type locality. Mountains near Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero, 
Mexico. Altitude, 10,000 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Guerrero, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to B. mexicana, but under parts paler; brain- 
case but slightly elevated above plane of rostrum. 
Color. Above sooty plumbeous, rump darkest; beneath paler 
plumbeous. 
Measurements. Total length, 100; tail vertebrz, 28; hind foot, 13. 
b.—peresrina (Blarina), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 24. 
WANDERING SHREW. 
Type locality. Mountains 15 miles west of Oaxaca, Mexico. Alti- 
tude, 9,500 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to B. mexicana; postero-internal cusplet of 
the unicuspidate teeth nearly obsolete and without chestnut tip; 
