On Mammals from Somaliland. 247 



XXXIX. — On a small Collection of Mammals made by 

 Mr. C. V. A. Peel in Somaliland. By W. E. de WlNTO>i. 



(1) Macroscelides Bevoilii, Huet. 



a. Leliello (4500 feet), 65 miles south of Berbera. 

 This single specimen is not fully adult, having the milk- 

 teeth still in place. 



(2) Crocidura (Cr.) nana. Dobs. 

 a, h. Eyk (4500 feet), 4th July. 



As the dimensions of the skull of this, the smallest true 

 Crocidura known, have not bsen published, some of the 

 j)rincipal measurements are here given. 



Greatest length IG millim. ; breadth 7; basal length 14*5 ; 

 front of incisors to back of ])alate 7*5; entire tooth-row 6"5 ; 

 tip of incisor to tip of large premolar 3'5 ; mandible, tip of 

 incisor to condyle 9*7, to angle 10, angle to coronoid 4"9. 



(3) Herjjestes ochraceuSj Gray. 

 «. Abori (5000 feet), 7th July. 



Mr. O. Thomas, in a revision of this group (P. Z. S. 1882, 

 ]). 69), makes of this form his " variety c?" of H. gracilis] 

 but with further material and entire skulls, instead of the 

 mutilated specimens tiien in the Museum, it is now shown to 

 be a distinct species. 



Size smaller than //. gracilis ; colour ochraceous red or 

 bright rusty on the dorsal surface, paler on tlie sides ; fur less 

 annulated with blackish. It is also smaller than //. Orantii 

 from Zanzibar, but has rather more annulations on the fur. 

 The size of the teetii and the much shorter and more rounded 

 skull distinguish it from either of the above species. 



The specimen contained in this collection being a flat skin, 

 the measurements given below are taken from anotlier indi- 

 vidual in the British Museum, ^ (no. 97. 8. 9. 7), Mandeira, 

 Somaliland, collected and presented by Dr. A. E. Atkinson : — 



Head and body (c.) 290 millim. ; tail (c.) 245 ; hind foot 52. 



Skull : greatest length 57 ; breadth 31 ; brain-case 25'5 ; 

 basal length 54; length of entire tooth-row 24; greatest 

 breadth outside teeth 20*3 ; length of carnassial tooth (outer 

 side) 5*5 ; breadth of first molar 6*2, breadth of second 

 molar 4*4 j mandible, length (bone only; to condyle 37, to 

 angle 37" 1. 



