Small Mammals from Central China. 399 



S. annexus-centralis gioiip, paler than the former and 

 without the lon<2^ muzzle of tlie. hitter. 



Size as in S. centralis. Fur of back about 4 mm. in 

 length. General colour above greyish brown, about as in 

 S. centralis, much greyer than in S. annexus^ which verges 

 towards Proufc's brown ; sides in one specimen tinged with 

 buffy, but no definite tricolor pattern present. No trace of a 

 darker dorsal stripe. Under surface drab or broccoli- brown. 

 Hands and feet brownish white. Tail dark brown above, 

 lighter below. 



8kull slightly longer than in S. annexus^ its muzzle not 

 specially lengthened as in S. centralis. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body (J4 mm. ; tail 38 ; hind foot 12. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 19'2 ; condylo-basal length 

 IS'l ; greatest breadth 9; upper tooth-row 8 ; front of i^ to 

 front of// 3'7 ; front oi p*^ to back of m^ 4; breadth between 

 outer corners of m^ 4*6. 



J^ab. (of type). 46 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 12. 8. 5. 13. Original 

 number 56. Collected 23rd September, 1911. 



This species connects the Korean S. annexus with the 

 Central-Asian S. centralis. It is much paler in colour than 

 the former and has not the lengthened muzzle of the latter. 

 While the skulls of all three are of about the same bulk, the 

 muzzle, as measured from the front of jo* to the front of the 

 large incisors, is in S. annexus 3'5 mm., S.cansulus 3'7 mm., 

 and S. centralis 4*2 mm. 



4. Sorex wardi, Tho3. 



S. 42, 43; 45; ?. 46. 42 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. 

 10,000'. 



cJ.58, 63, 64. 46 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. 10,000'. 



? . 29. 30 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. 9000'. 



In summer pelage. The type, which is in winter pelage, 

 came from 10 miles S. of Tao-chou. 



5. Chodsigoa lamula, sp. n. 



^. 66. 40 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. Alt. 9500'. 1st 

 October, 1911. B.M. no. 12. 8. 5. 22. Type. 



" Picked up on path in forest." — /. A. C. S. 



Allied to C. hypsibia,, but smaller. 



General proportions and comparative length of tail about 

 as in C. hypsibia, but size decidedly less. Fur close and soft ; 

 hairs of back about 3*5 mm. in leno-th. General colour above 



