33(5 On a neio Shrew from Upper Burma. 



Chimarrogah styani (the secoiul known exanij)li'.), and the 

 followinj]; new Blarinella^ a genus hitherto only recorded 

 from Western Cliina. 



Blarinella toardi, sp. n. 



Colour both above and below of the same dark smoky grey 

 as in B. quadraticmida, therefore darker than in the mouse- 

 grey B. griselda. Tail slightly longer than in the latter 

 species. 



Skull of about the same length as in B. (jriselda, therefore 

 shorter than in quadraticauda ; breadth, however, con- 

 spicuously less, especiiilly across ilie brain-case. Owing, 

 however, to the fact that the brain-case of the only specimen 

 is somewhat damaged, so tiiat a certain doubt attaches to tiic 

 chief measurement given below, I may note that the breadth 

 between the outer corners of the glenoid processes is only 

 5*0 mm., as compared with 5"8 in griselda^ this j)art being 

 unaffected by the damage to the typical skull. Side-walls of 

 mesopterygoid fossa not so completely reticulated as in the 

 type of B. griselda. 



Teeth, in relative proportions, about as in B. quadraticauda, 

 but both first and second unicuspids considoiably smaller. 



Dimensions of the ty|)e (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 70 mm. ; tail 35 ; hind foot 11 ; ear 4. 



iSkuU : length 18 ; condylo-incisive length 19*3 ; greatest 

 breadth across brain-case (c.) 8 5; upper tooth-series 8'4 ; 

 front of p* to back of vi^ 4"3 ; breadth between outer corners 

 of m^ 4'y ; lower tooth-series 7*7. 



Hah. Hpimaw, Upper Burma, about 26° N., 98° 35' E. 

 Alt. 8000'. 



Tgpe. Adult male. B.M. no. 15. 2. 1.3. Original 

 number 2. Collected lOtii August, 1914, by F. Kingdon 

 Ward. Presented by Oldfield Tliomas. 



This species is readily distinguishable from the B. quad- 

 raiicauda of Sze-chwan by its smaller size, and from B. gri- 

 selda of Kansu by its darker colour and much narrower skull. 



The curious imperfection or reticulation of the lateral walls 

 of the mesopterygoid fossa noticed above would seem to 

 Ije a character ])eculiar to Blarinella^ as I do not find it in 

 Blarina or any othci- genus of shrews. 



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