130 Mr. G. Doll man on the African Shrews 



least interorbital breadth 3"8 ; length of palate 8 6 ; post- 

 palatal length 9; greatest maxillary breadth 6*7; median 

 depth of brain-case 4 ; length of upper tooth-row 9'4. 



Hab. Webi Shebeli, Somaliland. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 96. 8. 1. 1. 



In the Collection is a further specimen of this striking 

 species, obtained by Dr. Drake-Brockman at Armaleh, 

 Somaliland; from this individual the colour-description 

 given above has been taken, the type being preserved in 

 spirit. A curious feature in connection with this skin is the 

 extensive brownish staining on the flanks just above and 

 below the lateral glands. The dimensions are rather greater 

 than those of the type : — Head and body 66 mm. ; tail 50 ; 

 hind foot 12"5. 



Group 9 {turba and poensis). 



Size medium. Colour above blackish brown or dark reddish brown, 

 below grey or brownish grey. Second and third upper unicuspids 

 about equal in breadth. 



(45) Crocidura turba, Dollm. 



Crocidura turba, Dollman, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vol. v. p. 17(3 



(1910). 



A medium-sized, very dark-coloured species, with hairy 



tail. 



Size of hind foot between 14 and 15*5 mm. in length ; 

 tail about 48 mm. long. 



General colour of dorsal surface dark seal-brown (" fus- 

 cous " or "fuscous black" sprinkled with " mummy- 

 brown"), slightly paler on the flanks ; hairs of back slate- 

 grey, with long dark brown tips. Ventral surface silvery 

 grey ; hairs dark slate-coloured, with greyish-white tips. 

 Backs of hands and feet brownish. Tail covered with short 

 dark hairs, ventral surface usually rather lighter ; caudal 

 bristle-hairs grey in colour and fairly numerous. 



Skull in general build less delicate than in the ftimosa 

 group ; longer than in fumosa or monax, with narrow, rather 

 high brain-case and long muzzle, considerably longer than 

 in either fumosa or monax. Maxillary region, although not 

 broad, more expanded than in fumosa. Cranial ridges more 

 developed, the lambdoidal and sagittal sutures meeting 

 further back than in fumosa, in which species the sutures 

 are never raised up into prominent ridges, the skull even in 

 old specimens being remarkably smooth, and the lambdoidal 

 suture running considerably further forward before meeting 



