belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 203 



(121) Crocidura monaXj Thos. 



Crocidura monax, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vol. vi. p. 310 

 (1910). 



Larger than maurisca with very much heavier and stouter 

 skull. 



Size medium, hind foot between 15"5 and 17 mm. in 

 length. 



General colour dark slaty, like that of niobe, but rather 

 darker and without the mottled appearance (between 

 *' fuscous^' and "fuscous black ^'). Flanks rather paler 

 than back, the colour gradually passing into that of the 

 ventral surface, which is a shade greyer and paler than the 

 upper parts. Backs of hands and feet brownish, fore and 

 hind claws about equal in size. Tail slender and cylindrical, 

 long caudal bristles almost entirely absent, a few only at the 

 base ; colour blackish brown above and below. 



Skull considerably larger than that of maurisca, brain-case 

 rather flat ; maxillary region narrow, muzzle blunt. Teeth 

 large, unicuspids with well-formed cingula, broad and 

 roughly circular in section, very different from the narrow 

 oval-shaped teeth of maurisca ; third unicuspid slightly 

 larger than and overlapping second. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 88 mm. ; tail QQ ; hind foot 16'2 ; 

 ear 10. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 24' 1 ; greatest breadth 

 10"7 ; least interorbital breadth 5*3 ; length of palate 9*7 ; 

 postpalatal length 10"8 ; greatest maxillary width 7*5 ; 

 median depth of brain-case 6"1 ; length of upper tooth- 

 row 11. 



Hab. Rombo, Kilimanjaro. Altitude 5000 feet. 



Tijpe. Old female. B.M. no. 10. 7. 2. 58. 



In addition to the type there are in the Museum Collection 

 seven further specimens from Rombo, all remarkably 

 uniform in general colour. The following are the collector's 

 measurements of six of these specimens : — 



S . Rombo 



6 



6 



2 



2 

 2 



In general colour this species is slightly darker than 



