148 BLARINA. CRYPTOTIS. 



4.1; length of mandible, 5.3; length of lower tooth row, 4. Ex type 

 in United States National Museum. 



Genus Blarina (148). 



1 Blarina brevicauda talpoides (Gapper) . 



Sorex talpoides Gapper, Zool. Journ., V, 1830, p. 202. 



Type locality. Between York and Lake Sincoe, Ontario, Canada. 



Genus 2 Crypto tis. 



Cryptotis Pomel, Archiv Sci. Phys. et Nat. Geneve, IX, 1848, p. 249. 

 Type Sorex cinereus Bachman = Sorex par-vus Say. 



Cryptotis pergracilis macer Miller. 



Cryptotis pergracilis macer Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 

 1911, p. 223. 



Type locality. Near Guanajuato City, State of Guanajuato, Mex- 

 ico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. pergracilis Elliot, but third upper unicus- 

 pid larger. 



Color. Type in alcohol. 



Measurements. Total length, 67.4; tail, 17.4; hind foot, 10. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 13.4; Hensel, 13; zygomatic width, 5; 

 intertemporal width, 3.5; length of upper tooth row, 7.2; length of 

 mandible, 8.4; length of lower tooth row, 6.6. Ex type in United 

 States National Museum. 



Cryptotis gracilis Miller. 



Cryptotis gracilis Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXIV, 1911, p. 221. 



Type locality. Head of Lari River, near base of Pico Blanco, 

 Talamanca, Costa Rica. Altitude about 6000 feet. 



Genl. Char. Size of C. mexicana, skull narrow, elongate. 



Color. Upper and lower parts dark smoke gray; washed with 

 blackish brown on upperparts; under fur slate-gray. Ex type in 

 United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 105; tail, 35; hind foot, 13.6. 

 Skull: Occipito-nasal length, 17.9; intertemporal width, 4.9; zygo- 

 matic width, 5.2; breadth of braincase, 9; length of upper tooth row, 



1 Considered in Check-List as a synonym of Blarina brevicauda (Say). 



2 In Check-List made a synonym of Blarina, p. 460. 



