belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 143 



The duller colour and shorter tail distinguish this race 

 from poensis, soricoides, and att'ila. 



(60) Crocidura batesi, sp. n. 



In size rather larger than in poensis group, distinguished 

 bv its very dark colour, large teeth, and. almost naked 

 tail. 



Fur about as in poensis. 



Colour above dark blackish brown, near "fuscous" mixed 

 with "clove-brown" and "blackish brown (1)"; a slight 

 amount of buff speckling visible in certain lights. Ventral 

 surface but very little lighter, " deep neutral grey " washed 

 with " Saccardo's umber." Backs of hands and feet 

 brownish. Tail long and appearing almost naked, clothed 

 with very short, fine, dark hairs, blackish brown above, a 

 shade paler below ; bristle-hairs very inconspicuous, a few 

 present on the basal portion only, recalling the condition 

 found more markedly in the dolichura group. 



Skull larger than in poensis or soricoides, brain-case con- 

 siderably higher, but not as large as in occidentalis. 



Dimensions of the type and a female specimen from the 

 Ja River : — 



Head and body 105, 95 mm. ; tail 65, 54 ; hind foot 16, 

 15 ; ear 10, 8. 



Skull (hadly broken) : length of palate 10\2; greatest 

 maxillary breadth 8 ; length of upper tooth-row 12. 



Hab. Como River, Gaboon. Sea-level. 



Tijpe. Adult male. B.M. no. 97.7. 1.4. Original num- 

 ber 168. Collected on March 26th, 1897, by Mr. G. L. 

 Bates. 



In the Museum Collection, besides the type and the Ja 

 River specimen mentioned ahove, there are two subadult 

 individuals, preserved in spirit, from the Benito River 

 (French Congo) and Efulen (Cameroons). All these speci- 

 mens agree in the scarcity of the caudal bristle-hairs and 

 the darkness of the general colouring. 



(61) Crocidura foxi, sp. n. 



Paler and greyer than soricoides. 



Size about as in the Calabar species. 



Colour of dorsal surface snuff-brown mixed with grey 

 (" drab " speckled with " neutral grey "), considerably 

 greyer and paler than in soricoides. In the worn pelage the 

 colour is rather richer (" sepia" speckled with grey and 

 buff). Flanks rather greyer, the brownish tint gradually 



