belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 511 



Hah. Mt. Gargues, British East Africa. Altitude 

 6000 feet. 



Type. Adult male. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 181819. 



The longer tail and much darker dorsal and ventral surface 

 readily separate this race from the allied forms. 



(99) Crocidura planiceps, Hell. 



Crocidura planiceps, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. lvi. no. 15, p. 5 

 (1910). 



Darker than hildegardece, with smaller and flatter skull. 



Size of body much as in hildegardece. Fur short, hairs on 

 back about 2'5 mm. in length. Colour ''above uniform 

 seal-brown, this colour carried well down on the sides, where 

 it merges gradually into the lighter smoky grey of the 

 underparts. Tail seal- brown like the upper parts. Feet 

 somewhat lighter brown than the back. Lateral glands 

 distinctly marked by an oblong patch of whitish hair." 

 The hairs of the back are stated to be " uniform in colour 

 to the roots," and on the under surface " showing a narrow 

 basal band of plumbeous." 



Skull with very flat brain-case, depressed anteriorly. 



Dimensions of the type (as given by Heller) : — 



Head and body 71 mm. ; tail 53 ; hind foot 12*3. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 18'3 ; greatest breadth 8 ; 

 length of upper tooth-row 8. 



Hab. Rhino Camp, Lado Enclave. 



Type. Adult male. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 164641. 



The darker colour and smaller skull, with depressed brain- 

 case, distinguish this species from hildegardece and its allies. 



(100) Crocidura somalica, Thos. 



Crocidura somalica, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. xvi p 52 

 (1895). 



Rather smaller than hildegardece, with shorter tail. 



Size of body small, hind foot rather shorter than in hilde- 

 gardece. Fur of medium length, hairs of back 4-5 mm. long. 



Colour of back (from spirit-specimens) slate-grey washed 

 with brown, passing gradually on the flanks into the dull 

 greyish white of the ventral surface. Backs of hands and 

 feet white. Tail shorter than in hildegardece and rather 

 thicker at its base, brown above, white below ; bristle-hairs 



