On a new Shrew from Upper Burma. 



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? . In colour and distribution the pubescence resembles 

 the (J and MegachUe species of the M. heriadiformi's group. 

 Abdomen distinctly narrowed basally, not parallel-sided, 

 gradually widening towards apex of tergite 3 ; apical seg- 

 ments rather flattened. Mandibles and clypeus almost as in 

 the subgenus EumegachiJe ; mandibles of equal width along 

 the greater part of their length, rather expanded at apex ; 



Fie:, a. 



Thauinatosoma duboulayi, $ , and front view of head. 



clypeus very short, with a slight emarglnation at apex, the 

 middle with a longitudinal carina. No malar space. An- 

 tennae 12-jninted. Head very broad, widest at the base of 

 the mandildes. Ventral scopa very pale yellowish. Head, 

 thorax, and tergites 1-4 with even fine punctures, tergites 5 

 and 6 coarser. 

 Length 12 mm. 



XXIX. — A new Shrew of the Genus Blarinella/row 

 Upper Burma. By Oldfield Thomas. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Mr. F. Kingdon Ward, who had already sent various small 

 mammals from Western China, has now obtained for the 

 British Museum a few from the mountains in the north 

 of Upper Burma. Besides a Pachyura and a Vandeleuria , 

 already known from Burmese territory, tiiey include three 

 forms of Chinese affinity, namely Apodemus speciosus orestes^ 



