146 Mr. O. Thomas on 



23-3, 22-4 ; greatest breadth 10-2, 9- 7 ; least interorbital 

 breadth 4-8, 4-5 ; length of palate 10, 10 ; postpalatal length 

 10*6, 10 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7'2, 7 ; median depth 

 of brain-case 4*9, 4'8; length of upper tooth-row 10*3, 

 10-2. 



Hab. Pungo Andongo, Angola. Altitude 3600 feet. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 4. 4. 9. 30. Original num- 

 ber 30. Collected by the late Dr. W. J. Ansorge. 



This species would appear to be most nearly allied to the 

 Nigerian arethusa, agreeing with it in general dental 

 characters, but distinguished by its duller upper parts, 

 darker belly, longer and less hairy tail, and flatter skull. 

 Crocidura luna, which this species somewhat resembles in 

 colour, is at once distinguished by its much broader skull, 

 with higher and squarer brain-case, and the larger size of 

 the last upper molar. 



[To be continued.] 



XX. — New African Rodents and Insect ivores, mostly collected 

 by Dr. C. Christy for the Congo Museum. By Oldfield 

 Thomas. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



During the absence of Mr. Dollman in the service of his 

 country I have been entrusted with the examination of the 

 magnificent collection of mammals made by Dr. Cuthbert 

 Christy on the upper waters of the Ituri and Welle during 

 the past two years for the Congo Museum at Tervueren. 

 Although, as might be expected, the majority of the species 

 are similar to those of Ruwenzori and Uganda to the east, 

 and the Cameroons on the west, a certain number are new, 

 and by the kind permission of the Belgian authorities I am- 

 authorized to publish short descriptions of them in the 

 * Annals/ A full list of the collection will, it is hoped, be 

 issued later in the Congo Museum Journal. 



Notes on the first instalment of the collection were published 

 last year by Mr. Dollman*. 



Funisciurus anerythrus bandarum, subsp. n. 



General characters of F. anerythrus, but paler, and more 

 such as might be expected in a less heavily forested country. 

 Upper colour, as compared with the " dull greyish olive " of 



* Rev. Zool. Africaine, iv. p. 76. 



