336 On a new Shrew from Upper Burma. 



Chimarrogale styani (the second known example), and the 

 following new JSLu-iaella, a genus hitherto only recorded 

 from Western China. 



Blarinella wardi, sp. n. 



Colour both above and below of the same dark smoky grey 

 as in B. quadrat icauda, therefore darker than in the mouse- 

 grey B. griselda. Tail slightly longer tlian in the latter 

 species. 



Skull of about the same length as in B. griselda^ therefore 

 shorter than in quadralicauda ; breadtli, however, con- 

 spicuously less, especially across the brain-case. Owing, 

 however, to the fact that the brain-case of the only specimen 

 is somewhat damaged, so that a certain doubt attaches to the 

 ciiief measurement given below, I may note that the breadth 

 between the outer corners of the glenoid processes is only 

 5*0 mm., as compared with 5'8 in griselda, this part being- 

 unaffected by the damage to the typical skull. Side-walls of 

 mesopterygoid fossa not so completely reticulated as in the 

 type of B. griselda. 



Teeth, in relative proportions, about as in B. quadraticauda, 

 but both first and second unicuspids considerably smaller. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 70 mm. ; tail 35 ; hind foot 11 ; ear 4. 



Skull : length 18 ; condylo-incisive length 19*3 ; greatest 

 breadth across brain-case (c.) 85; upper tooth-series 8'4 ; 

 front of p* to back of m^ 4'3 ; breadth between outer corners 

 of in^ 4*y ; lower tooth-series 7'7. 



Hah. Hpimaw, Upper Burma, about 2<o° N., 98° 35' E. 

 Alt. 8000'. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 15. 2. 1.3. Original 

 number 2. Collected 10th August, 1914, by F. Kingdon 

 Ward. Presented by Oldfield Thomas. 



This species is readily distinguishable from the B. quad- 

 raticauda of Sze-chwan by its smaller size, and from B. gri- 

 selda of Kansu by its darker colour and much narrower skull. 



The curious imperfection or reticulation of the lateral walls 

 of the mesopterygoid fossa noticed above would seem to 

 be a character peculiar to Blarinella, as I do not find it in 

 ^larina or any other genus of shrews. 



