166 Mil. OLDiaELD THOMAS ON 



being fiivther apart anteriorly, so that tlie median space between 

 tlie binder lobe of the first incisors is about equal in bi'eadth to 

 that lobe, markedly narrower in S. macrui-us. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in skin : — 



Head and body 60 mm. ; tail 54 ; hind foot (c. u.) 14. 



Skull: greatest length (exclusive of incisors) 18'1 ; basal 

 length 15"7; greatest breadth 95 ; upper tooth-series 8"1 ; front 

 of J)' to back of nr 4'4. 



Ilab. as above. 



Ty2^e. Adult § . B.M. No. 11.2.1.54. Original number 2485. 

 Collected 10 August, 1910. 



This is evidently the IocmI repi'esentntive of >S'. caudatas, but is 

 readily distinguishable by its much smaller brain-case. 



14. Chodsigoa smitiiii. 



Thos. Abstr. P. Z. S. 1911, p. 4 (Feb. 14). 



c?. 2349. Ta-tsien-lu. 9000'. 27 June, 1910. B.M. No. 

 11.2.1.537. Ty2)e. 



Proportions as in Ch. hyiisib'm ; size much larger. 



Size veiy large, nearly equaling that of the long-tailed Vh. 

 salenshii Kashtch. Fur fine and soft ; hairs of back (summer) 

 3*8 mm. in length. General colour viniform "mouse-grey"; 

 under surface similar in colour, though, owing to the difierent 

 texture of the hairs, the surface ap})ears more glossy. Muzzle 

 scarcely darker than body, Latei'al ghuid not conspicuous, nearer 

 the hip than the shoulder. Hands and feet brownish white, 

 lighter terminally. Tail rather shorter than head and body, pale 

 brown above, whitish below. 



Skull much larger than that of Ch. hi/psihia, the brain- case 

 flattened, heavily ridged. Proportions of teeth as in that species, 

 their tips as usual lightly pigmented. 



Dimensions of the type, an old male : — ■ 



Head and body 85 nun. ; tail 68 ; hind foot 18. 



Skull: condylo-basal length 22-5, greatest breadth 10-5; ujjper 

 tooth-series 10*2 ; front of p' to back of nr 5"3. 



JIah. and Type as above. 



This fine species is conspicuously lai'ger than its ally Ch. h>/p- 

 s/6i» de Wint., with Avhich I synonymize CJi. herezovshi Kashtch. 

 It is rather smaller than the long-tailed Ch. salenskii Kashtch. 



I have named it in honour of Dr. J. A. C. Smith, who ac- 

 companied Mr. Andei'son during the Sze-chwan trip, and assisted 

 largely in making the collection. 



15. Blarinella quadraticauda M.-Edw. 



J . 2505, 2556, 2558. $.2557. Omi-san. 9500'. 



Blarinella, g. n. 



More allied to the N.-American Blariva than to any of the 

 Old World genera of Shrews. Ears very small, though neither 



