On a new Shrew from Upper Burma. 



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? . Ill colour HTul (lisfrihution tli(^ jMihosccnce resembles 

 the (^ niid Mejachile spccii^s ot the J/, htriadij'ormts group. 

 Abdomen distinctly narrowed basally, not parallel-sided, 

 gradually widening towards apex of tergite 3 ; apical seg- 

 nuMita rather flattened. Man<libles and clypeus almost as in 

 the subgenus Kumerjuchi'/e ; mandibles ot equal width along 

 the greater part of their length, rather expanded at apex ; 



FiK n. 



Thaumatosoma duboulayi, $ , and front view of head. 



clypeus very short, with a slight emargination at apex, the 

 middle with a longitudinal carina. No malar space. An-j 

 tennie 12-j tinted. Head very broad, widest at the base of 

 the mandibles. Ventral scopa very pale yellowish. Head, 

 thorax, and tergites 1-4 with even fine punctures, tergites 5 

 and 6 coarser. 

 Lenirth 12 mm. 



XXIX. — ^l fiew Shrew of the Genus Blarinella/rowi 

 Uj>j>er Burma. By Oldfield TuoMAS. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Mk. F. Kingdon Ward, who had already sent various small 

 mammals from Western China, has now obtained for the 

 British Museum a few from the mountains in the north 

 of Upper Burma. Besides a Pachyura and a Vatideleuria, 

 already known from Burmese territory, they include three 

 forms of Chinese affinity, namely Apodemus speciosus orestes^ 



