On new Mammals from the Joliore Archipelago. 589 



External dimensions as recorded by collector : — 



Head and body 53J: mm.; tail o61; hind toot 98; ear 33. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 101 ; zygomatic breadth 53'5; 

 interorbital breadth 20"5 ; intertemporal breadth 17"5 ; 

 palatal length 55 ; breadth between outer sides of jy* 33 ; 

 length of bulhe 19; breadth between outer surfaces of bulla3 

 38"5. Lengrh of ^^ on outer edge 9*8. 



Hab. Niaji, 20 miles N.E. of Oban, Southern Nigeria. 

 Another specimen without skull from Oban. 



Ti/pe. Adult female. B.M. no. 10.6.1.14. Original 

 number 20. Collected 17th October, 1909, by P. A. Talbot, 

 Esq. 



The Museum now possesses six skulls of M. naso from 

 different localities in the Cameroons, and these are so 

 uniformly larger than Mr. Talbot's specimen that I only 

 hesitate as to whether the latter ougiit not to be referred to a 

 different species. The difference in the size and lateral 

 extension of the bullae is especially noticeable. 



LXIX. — On new Mammals from tlie Islands of the Johore 

 Archipelago, South China Sea. By HeebertC. Robinson, 

 C.M.Z.S. 



Croc'idura klossii, nom. nov. 



Croddura major, Kloss (Wagler), Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vii. 

 p. 117 (1911) ; id. Journ. Fed. Malay States Miis, iv. pp. 194, 195 

 (1911). 



Mr. Gr. S. Miller has pointed out to rae that Mr. Kloss's 

 name for this shrew from Great Redang Island is antedated 

 by Crocidiira major, Wagler, Isi?,p. 1218 (1832), a synonym 

 of Crocidura russula, and I therefore substitute the above 

 name for it. 



Crocidura aoris, sp. n. 



Ti/pe. — Adult female (skin and skull), No. 1(36/12, 

 Selangor Museum, collected at Batu 13erhala, Pulau Aor, 

 Johore Archipelago, South China Sea, 13th June, 1912, by 

 H. C. Robinson and E. Seimund. Original no. 4859. 



Characters. — A large member of the subgenus Crocidura, 

 slightly larger than C. klossi, but very distinctly paler above 

 and with a marked liver-brown coloration on the breast and 

 anterior portion of the abdomen. 



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