belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 3t>i 



brain-case, but rather narrower, both across cranial and 



maxillary regions. Teeth smaller. 



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

 Head and body 88 mm. ; tail 50 ; hind foot 14. 

 Skull-dimensions of type and two paratypes : — 



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Type. Paratype. Paratype. 



mm. mm. rum. 



Condylo-incisive length 23-5 23 228 



Greatest breadth 103 10 10 



Least interorbital breadth .... 4*8 4*8 4 - 9 



Length of palate 9-9 9-7 9'5 



Postpalatal length 10-3 102 10-2 



Greatest maxillary breadth .... 7-3 7 7'2 



Median depth of brain-case .... 5*6 5*6 5'6 



Length of upper tooth-row .... 10 - 5 105 103 



Bab. Machakos, British East Africa. Altitude 5400 feet. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 1.12.9.3. Original 

 number 94. Collected and presented by Dr. S. L. Hinde. 



The browner colour, darker extremities and tail, and 

 narrower skull distinguish this Machakos race from the true 

 luna. 



(69) Crocidura luna macmillani, subsp. n. 



A dark slate-grey form. 



Size of body and hind foot about as in luna, tail rather 

 shorter. 



Colour darker throughout, upper parts dark slate washed 

 with vandyke-brown (" deep mouse-grey," mixed with 

 " fuscous "), flanks rather greyer, the tint gradually merging 

 into the pure slate-coloured underparts (" deep neutral 

 grey "), general effect considerably darker than in luna. 

 Backs of hands and feet dirty white. Tail rather shorter, 

 but as pale in colour as that of the Katanga form. 



Skull considerably narrower than in luna, more as in 

 umbrosa, but with rather smaller brain-case. General build 

 of cranial region the same as in luna, anterior angles of brain- 

 case quite as sharp, not rounded. Maxillary region rather 

 narrow. Teeth smaller, especially the second and third 

 upper unicuspids, third about as in umbrosa, second rather 

 smaller. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 

 Head and body 87 mm. ; tail 52; hind foot 14 ; ear 9. 

 Skull : condylo-incisive length 229 ; greatest breadth 10 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 4*8; length of palate 95 ; post- 

 al nn. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xvi. 25 



