136 Mr. G. Doll m an on the African Shr.eios 



The greyer colour and more abundant silver-grey speckling 

 and lighter underparts are the chief external characters that 

 serve to distinguish this race from the Aberdare provocate. 

 The Rhodesian turba is still more easily distinguished, as in 

 that form there is hardly any light grey speckling and the 

 teeth are considerably smaller and tail shorter. 



(51) Crocidura turba angola, subsp. n. 



A very dark shrew, almost black. 



Size rather smaller than in turba, tail shorter. Fur fairly 

 long, hairs on back 6*8 mm. in length. 



General colour very dark, darker than in any other 

 African Crocidura, near "fuscous black" mixed with 

 " black." Flanks slightly paler, the colour gradually be- 

 coming greyer towards the ventral surface, belly much as in. 

 turba (" smoke-grey "), with a silvery streak down the mid- 

 line. Backs of hands and feet dark brown. Tail short and 

 thickly haired, dark blackish brown above, below slightly 

 paler near the base ; bristle-hairs dark, with greyish tips, 

 very numerous. 



Skull and teeth much as in turba. 



Dimensions of the type (measured from dry skin) : — 



Head and body 80 mm. ; tail 32 ; hind foot 12*5. 



Skull (occipital region broken) : least iuterorbital breadth4; 

 greatest maxillary breadth 7 ; length of palate 9'3 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 10. 



Hub. Bailundu Country, Angola. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 5. 10. 1. 4. Original 

 number 8. Collected by Mr. C. H. Pern her ton, and pre- 

 sented to the British Museum by the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 

 F.R.S. 



The darker colour and shorter tail readily distinguish this 

 Angolan shrew from the rest of the turba group. 



(52) Crocidura turba mutesa, Hell. 



Crocidura mutest?, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. lvi. no. 15, p. 3 

 (1910). 



Most nearly allied to the foregoing race, rather larger, 

 with heavier teeth, and brownish in colour. 



Size of body rather large, tail as long as in zaodon. 



General colour of upper parts " mummy-brown/^ feet and 

 tail darker seal-brown ; ventral surface greyish, with a wash 

 of broccoli-brown. Lateral glands rather more distinct than 

 in the other races, marked by a narrow streak of short, light 

 brownish hairs. 



