370 Mr. H. C. Fulton on Land- Shells from the 



Remarks. — The general blackish coloration of this form 

 readily distinguishes it from its allies. C. bottegiis a smaller 

 form, entirely brownish in colour, while cuninghamei is 

 slightly larger, with brownish upperparts and with the feet 

 practically white instead of chiefly sooty. Typical bicolor, as 

 represented by specimens from Angola, is much paler, with 

 practically pure white underparts. 



Crocidura Jlavescens kivu, subsp. n. 



Type from Lake Kivu, Eastern Congo. No. 7. 6. 14. 24, 

 British Museum. Adult male. Collected Nov. 30, 1906, by 

 D. Carruthers. Original number 319. 



Characters. — Similar to Crocidura f. nyansa?, but much 

 darker coloured ; upperparts a rich shade of brown somewhat 

 between the Vandyke brown and the burnt umber of Ridgway ; 

 underparts a dark but lather lively russet ; feet and digits 

 entirely blackish brown, as dark as or darker than the upper- 

 parts ; tail entirely blackish. Skull practically as in doriana 

 and nyansce. 



Measurements. — Type: total length 198 mm.; head and 

 body 110 ; tail-vertebras 88 ; hind foot (s. u.) 19. Skull of 

 type: condylo-incisive length 30'8 ; breadth of brain-case 12'4; 

 maxillary breadth 9'15 ; upper tooth-row 14*1 ; i x to pm* 7 ; 

 length of molariform series 7\5 ; v\idth of m 2 3'4. 



Remarks. — This appears to be the most richly coloured 

 form of the Jlavescens group yet known. C. f. nyansa? is 

 much lighter coloured, and in this respect stands in a position 

 somewhat between the present form and C. f. doriana of 

 Abyssinia. Specimens from Entebbe and Mumias, localities 

 respectively east and west of the type locality, have been 

 used to represent nyansoe. C. f. anchietw of West Africa is 

 doubtless closely allied, but is described as being " d'un gris 

 fauve en dessous." 



LII. — List with Notes on some Land-Shells from the Island 

 of Musicar, Dutch JS T ew Guinea, and Descriptions of new 

 Species and Varieties of Planispira (Cristigibba), Papuina, 

 Calycia, and Leptopoma. By HUGH C. Fulton. 



The shells noted herewith were collected by Messrs. C. and 

 F. Pratt (sons of the well-know r n collector A. E. Pratt) on 

 Muswar Island, Geelvink Bay. 



