belonging to the Germs Crocidura. 189 



postpalatal length 8*2, 7'H ; greatest maxillary breadth 5*4, 

 5'3 ; median depth of braiu-case 4*2, o'7 ; leugth of upper 

 tootli-row 7-S, 7'3. 



Hab. Gambos, Mossamedes, Angola. 



Type in the Lisbon Museum. 



The short fur, greyer colour, lighter underparts, and flatter 

 skull distinguish this Angolan shrew from the East-African 

 aliea^ and a/pina. 



(105) Crocidura bicolor woosnami, subsp. n. 



A cinnamon-coloured race of bicolor. 



General proportions as in the Angolan form. Fur 

 equally short. 



Colour of dorsal surface cinnamon-brown speckled with 

 grey ; flanks cinnamon-brown, the transition to the light 

 colour of the ventral surface quite sharp. Underparts slate- 

 grey washed with white. Backs of hands and feet white. 

 Tail dull brown above, white below ; bristle-hairs white and 

 rather inconspicuous. 



Skull of the same semi-flattened type as that of bicolor^ 

 but rather smaller. Teeth all a little smaller, but similar 

 in shape ; second and third upper unicuspids about equal in 

 size, cingula small. 



Dimensions of the type (preserved in spirit) : — 



Head and body 53 mm.; tail 40; hind foot 10; 

 ear 6'5. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 17; greatest breadth 7*8 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 3'4 ; length of palate 7 ; post- 

 palatal length 7"8 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5*3 ; median 

 depth of brain-case 3*8 ; length of upper tooth-row 7'3. 



Hab. Lake Ngami. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 6. 3. 80. Collected 

 by K. B. TVoosnam, Esq. 



The rather lighter underparts, more sharply marked off 

 from the cinnamon-brown flanks, and smaller skull distin- 

 guish this Ngami race from true bicolor. 



(106) Crocidura bicolor hendersoni, subsp. n. 



Closely allied to bicolor, but rather larger in size and 

 much richer in colour. 



Hind foot a little larger, measuring 11 mm. in length. 

 Fur equally short. Colour of upper parts brownish buft" 

 ("sepia" mixed with "fuscous," sprinkled with "neutral 



