belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 141 



Approximate dimensions of the type (taken from dry 

 skin) : — 



Head and body 75 mm. ; tail 59; hind foot 15. 

 Dimensions of three spirit-specimens : — 



Head and body. Tail. Hind foot, 



mm. mm. mm. 



2 ■ Lagos 80 61 16 



2 . Old Calabar 80 50 14-2 



2 . Niger 79 61 15 



Skull of type (broken) and topotype ( ? ) : condylo- 

 incisive length — , 25 ; greatest breadth — , 10 ; least inter- 

 orbital breadth 4" 8, 4*3 ; length of palate 104, 106; post- 

 palatal length — , 11*3 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7'2, 7'7 ; 

 median depth of brain-case — , 5*7 ; length of upper tooth- 

 row 11, 11. 



Hub. Old Calabar, Southern Nigeria. 



Type. Adult. B.M. no. 63. 12. 17. 6. 



The larger size of the skull separates this mainland form 

 from Fraser's poensis. 



(58) Crocidura poensis attila, subsp. n. 



Smaller than soricoides or poensis, with lighter under 

 surface more distinctly marked off from dorsum. 



Size rather smaller than the Fernando Po specimens in 

 the Collection. 



Colour of new coat dark sepia-brown above, near 

 "fuscous" mixed with "clove-brown"; slightly paler on 

 the flanks, the colour passing rather abruptly into the pale 

 greyish tint of the ventral surface ("light neutral grey" 

 mixed with " light drab"). In the worn phase the coat is 

 rather redder in colour (" bistre "). Lateral gland silvery 

 white. Extremities as in poensis. Tail dark sepia-brown 

 above, paler below, clothed in very fine hairs, appearing 

 almost naked except for the bristle-hairs which are fairly 

 numerous and greyish in colour. 



Skull smaller than that of poensis or soricoides, with 

 narrower brain-case and muzzle". Teeth conspicuously 

 smaller, third upper unicuspid a little broader than second, 

 and slightly overlapping it. 



Dimensions of the type and three topotypes (measured in 

 the flesh) : — 



Head and body. Tail. Hind foot. Ear. 

 mm. mm. mm. mm. 



cJ. (Type) ..80 48 14 10 



6 90 55 14 11 



2 80 50 12 10 



2 80 15 13 10 



