398 Mr. 0. Thomas on 



greatest breadth 13 ; zygomatic breadth 10"6 ; iiiterorbital 

 breadtli 5*5 ; palatal length 12'7 ; upper tooth-series 12*3 ; 

 molars only 5' 2. 



Hah. as above. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 12. 8. 5. 2. Original num- 

 ber 72. Collected 31st October, 1911. 



I have great pleasure in naming this most interesting new 

 mole in honour of Mr. Fenwick Owen, to whose interest and 

 kindness the Museum owes this valuable accession to its 

 collections. 



2. Sorex sinalis, sp. n. 



cJ. 8, 11, 12, 13, 16 ; ? . 5, 7, 14. 45 miles S.E. of 

 Feng-siang-fu, Shensi. 10,500'. 



? . 71. 17 miles S.E. of Tao-chou, Kan-su. 8900'. 



" Rocky mossy mountain-top." — J. A. G. S. 



A large plain-coloured species, with a long tail. 



Size one of the largest of the genus. Fur about 5 mm. 

 long on the back in summer specimens. General colour 

 unitorm greyish brown, with scarcely any tendency to a 

 tricolor pattern ; under surface drab-brown. Hands and feet 

 brownish white. Tail long, slightly pencilled at the tip, 

 brown above, lighter below. 



Skull large, with long muzzle ; brain-case not specially 

 broadened. 



Unicuspids slightly but evenly decreasing backwards. 

 Concavities behind molars well marked. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 70 mm. ; tail 55 ; hind foot 14. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 21 ; condylo-basal length 

 20*3; greatest breadth 9'6; upper tooth-row 9*1; front of 

 i^ to front of p* 4*2 ; front of p'^ to back of m^ 4*5; breadth 

 between outer corners of m^ 4"8. 



Uab. 45 miles S.E. of Feng-siang-fu, Shen-si. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 12. 8. 5. 3. Original num- 

 ber 8. Collected 10th August, 1911. 



This large but rather delicately built shrew has a decidedly 

 longer skull than the other large Eastern plain-coloured 

 species S. uvguiculatus and sJiinto. It has nothing of the 

 remarkable development of tooth-pigment characteristic of 

 S. daphcenodon. 



3. Sorex cansulus, sp. n. 



<J. 68. 15 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. 8500'. 



? . 56, 65. 46 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. 9800-10,000'. 



