Small Mammals from Central China. 399 



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

 witliout tlie longj muzzle of the latter. 



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

 length. General colour above greyish brown, about as in 

 S. centralis^ much grej'er tlian in S. annexus, vviiich verges 

 towards Front'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. 



Skull si 

 specially lengthened as in S. centralis. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and boily (j-t mm. ; tail 38 ; hind foot 12. 



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

 1S"1 ; greatest breadth 9; upper tooth-row 8 ; front of i^ to 

 front of />* 3*7 ; front of y?* to back of m* 4; breadth between 

 outer corners of m^ 4*6. 



JIab. (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 tlian 

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

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

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

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

 and S. centralis 4*2 ram. 



4. Sorex loardi, Thog. 



(?. 42, 4.3, 45; ?. 46. 42 miles S.E. of Tao-chou. 

 10,000'. 



<J . 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, 

 carae from 10 miles S. of Tao-chou. 



5. Chodstgoa lamula, sp. n. 



cJ. 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"0 mm. in length. General colour above 



