BLARINA. 559 
Measurements. Total length, 87; tail vertebre, 22; hind foot, 12 
Skull: total length, 20; mastoid breadth, 9.5; length of nasals, 7; 
length of upper tooth row, 9; between outer edge of last molars, 6.3. 
526. tropicalis (Blarina), Merr., N. Amer. Faun., No. 10, 1895, 
D. 25. 
tropicalis (Corstra), Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1843, p. 79. Nomen 
nudum. 
micrura Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1877, p. 446. 
TROPICAL SHREW. 
Type locality. Coban, Guatemala. Altitude, 4,400 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. States of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, Mexico, into 
Guatemala. 
Genl. Char. Size very small; tail less than half the length of head 
and body. 
Color. Above cinereous hair brown, beneath ashy. 
Measurements. Total length, 83; tail vertebre, 23; hind foot, 
II.4. 
527. obscura (Blarina), Merr., N. Amer. Faun., No. 10, 1895, p. 23. 
Dusky SHREW. 
Type locality. Tulancingo, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Altitude, 
8,500 feet. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Hidalgo, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Smaller and paler than B. mexicana; skull and teeth 
similar but smaller. 
Color. Above dark plumbeous; beneath lighter tinged with 
brownish. 
Measurements. Total length, 89; tail vertebre, 24; hind 
kOOt; 13. 
528. oreophila. 
orophila! (Blarina), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1895, 
Pp. 340. 
VoLcANo oF [RAzU SHREW. 
Type locality. Volcan de Irazti, Costa Rica, Central America. 
Geogr. Distr. Known only from type locality. 
Genl. Char. Pelage soft, glossy; ears rudimentary; tail nearly 
half as long as the head and body. Similar to B. cinerea, but smaller. 
Color. Above dark brown; sides paler; under parts smoke gray; 
tail dusky above, paler beneath; feet grayish brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 76; tail vertebre, 21; hind foot, 
tt. Skull: length of nasals, 5; upper tooth row, 8; distance between 
outer border of last molars, 5.5. 
