VOL. XVIII, pp. 237-238 DECEMBER 9, 1905 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTION OF AN APPARENTLY NEW SUBSPECIES 

 OF MICROGALE FROM MADAGASCAR. 



BY D. G. ELLIOT, F. R. S. E. ETC. 



The race here described is in a small collection of mammals 

 in the Field Museum from Madagascar, obtained by Mr. Forsyth 

 Major, and seems sufficiently different from M. coicani, also in 

 the collection, to be worthy of a name. 



Microgale cowani nigrescens subsp. nov. 



Type from Madagascar. Field Columbian Museum. 



General characters. About the size of M. cowani, color nearly black. 



Color. Upperparts black with rufous tips to hairs on head and flanks ; 

 underparts lead color, with brownish tinge on middle of breast and abdo 

 men ; legs and ears black ; tail black. 



Measurements. Total length, 129 mm.; tail, 48 ; hind foot, 10. Skull : 

 Occipito-nasal length, 20.5 ; interorbital width, 5 ; length of nasals, 8; pal 

 atal length, 9 ; length of upper toothrow, 8 ; mastoid width, 9 ; length of 

 half mandible, 15; lower toothrow, 9. 



) PROC. BIOL. Soc. WASH., VOL. XVIII, 1905. (237) 



