860 MK. OLDFIELD THOMAS OX [Nov. 27, 



In number 699 1 make the same measurements 4*4 mm. and 

 8*8 mm. respectively. Lacrymal breadth 3'2 mm. in macro- 

 ■pygmceus, 3"7 in annexus. I should not have the least hesitation 

 in sepai-ating the animals on these characters. In addition the 

 jjalate is wider and the molai-s larger and less heavily pigmented 

 in i^o. 699 ; unicuspids longer and lower than in macrojiygmcfits, 

 their proportional sizes about the same. Externally the animals 

 show no special differences, though in the Korean species the 

 feet seem rather heavier, and the colour throughout is a clearer, 

 more greyish brown." 



With i-egard to S. huxtoni., it is said by Di-. Allen to be a 

 membei- of the S. araneus group, and in any case its locality is 

 so close to that of >S'. macropygmceus and so far from that of 

 6'. annexus, that its identity with the latter seems out of the 

 question. 



It is to be noted that while in No. 699 the upper unicuspid 

 teeth decrease evenly in size backwards, in No. 708 the fourth 

 is distinctly larger than the third, thus furnishing another 

 instance of the instability of the relative sizes of these teeth as 

 a distinguishing character. 



2. Crocidura lasiura Dobs. 



c? . 728. 10 miles IST. of Taiku. Southern Korea. 



6. 686, 652, 658, 659, 683, 674, 695, 663, 682, 673, 685. 

 $ . 651, 681. Min-gyong, 110 miles S.E. of Seoul, Korea. 



d. 641. Tong-pok, 60 miles N.E. of Mokpho, Korea. 



These specimens agree fairly well with Dobson's description, 

 and as he himself assigned a Korean example to his sjDecies, of 

 which the type was from the Ussuri, I have little doubt about 

 the determination. 



Four adult specimens from Min-gyong measure : — 



Head & boclj'. Tail. Hind foot 



mm. mm. mm. 



6 83 40 15 



d 79 40 15 



2 76 38 14 



$ 73 35 13-5 



No. 641, captured October 18, is in the short dark smnmer 

 "pelage ; all the rest ai'e in the greyei' winter coat. 



3 Crocidura (C.) core.e, sp. n. 



S ■ 742. 10 miles N. of Taiku, Southern Korea. 

 d. 671, 676, 684, 693, 694. §. 657, 669, 672, 691, 705. 

 Min-gyong, 110 miles S.E. of Seoul, Korea. 

 $.-616. Mok-pho. 



A small species with the bristles of the tail unusually numerous. 



Size much smallei- than in C. lasmtrc, found in the same 



localities. Fui-, in Avinter coat, about 5 mm. in lenath on the 



