belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 



135 



(50) Crocidura turba tarella, subsp. n. 



Allied to provocax, rather greyer in colour, with much 

 more prominent silver speckling and slightly heavier teeth. 



Proportions of body as in provocax, tail rather longer. 



General colour dark brownish grey (between " fuscous " 

 and "sepia"); silver-grey or buff speckling very con- 

 spicuous both on back and flanks. Underparts more silvery 

 than in provocax. Hands and feet, as in most of the turba 

 group, brownish, the outer sides of the extremities darker 

 than the inner. Tail rather longer than in provocax, of the 

 same colour. 



Skull larger than that of turba, with heavier teeth ; com- 

 pared with provocax the skull appears of very much the 

 same size, the teeth slightly larger. 



Dimensions of type and seven other adult specimens : — 



Head and body. Tail. Hiud foot. Ear. 



mm. mm. mm. mm. 



<J (type) 91 57 17 9-5 



c? 95 50 15 10 



$ 84 53 15 9 



2 100 56 17 10 



$ 94 55 15-5 8 



$ 84 54 15-5 9-5 



2 89 56 16 9 



$ 100 58 15-5 9-5 



Skull : dimensions of type and three other adult speci- 

 mens : — 



J (type), j. $. 5- 



mm. mm. mm. mm. 



Condylo-incisive length 24-5 243 24-1 24'5 



Greatest breadth 10-4 9*9 10-5 103 



Least interorbital breadth 5 4 - 9 5 4 - 7 



Length of palate 10-1 10-2 97 10T 



Postpalatal length 10-9 10'4 10'8 10-9 



Greatest maxillary breadth 7 - 6 7*5 7'5 7*4 



Length of upper tooth-row 10-9 10-8 10-3 106 



Hnb. Chaya, near Ruchuru, Congo Beige. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 11. 12. 3. 52. Original 

 number 2286. Collected by Mr. R. Kemp on June 19th, 

 1911. 



This race would seem to be fairly well distributed over 

 Southern Uganda and the adjoining Congo districts. 

 Mr. Kemp obtained it at the following localities: — Kiduha 

 (Lake Mutauda), Kagambah, Kigezi, Nalasanji, and Mbarara 

 (Uganda), and at the type-locality. 



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