Rev. L. Jenyns on some German Shreivs. 323 



XXXVI. — Notes on some Shrews brought from Germany by 

 W. Ogilby, Esq., including the description of an apparently 

 New Species. By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



Mr. Ogilby, on his return from Germany in the autumn of 

 1837j brought with him a small collection of shrews, which 

 had been all obtained in the neighbourhood of Francfort-upon- 

 Mayne. These he very obUgingly submitted to my inspec- 

 tion, allowing me to compare them with our British species, 

 and to describe any amongst them which might appear new. 

 The collection consists of fourteen individuals, referrible to at 

 least five distinct species, one of which is either undescribed, 

 or not described with sufficient accuracy to be recognised. It 

 has appeared to me that it would be advantageous to science 

 to p\iblish the characters of this new species, as well as any 

 notes relating to the others which might serve to make them 

 better known to the naturalists of this countiy. I shall take 

 them in the order in which they arrange themselves according 

 to Duvernoy's views adverted to in my former memoirs, pre- 

 mising only, that all the specimens, with the exception of two 

 or three duplicates which I was kindly permitted to retain, 

 have been deposited in the museum of the Zoological Society. 



I. SOREX, Duv. 



(1.) S. Araneus, Geoflf. — The dentition of this species fur- 

 nishes the type of Duvernoy's first subdivision of the genus 

 Sorex, That of the specimen examined accords accurately with 

 the description of that author, excepting that the upper mid- 

 dle incisors are not in contact at their extremities. The snout 

 is of the same form as that of the S. tetragonurus of this country, 

 and attenuated to about the same degree ; but it is more de- 

 cidedly emarginate at the tip between the nostrils. It is also 

 somewhat broader between the eyes, in consequence of their 

 being placed further back than in the species last men- 

 tioned. The distance between the eyes is contained very 

 nearly, but not quite, twice in the distance from the eye to 

 the end of the snout. The ears are much more developed and 

 stand more out of the fur than in any of the British shrews. 



