belou(jinij tu the Genus Ciociilura. 189 



postpalutal length 8-.'2, 7*8 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5-1, 

 o'.'J ; inediau depth of brain-case 42, .'V7 ; length of ui)per 

 tooth-row 7'3, 7'3. 



Hah. Gambos, Mossamedes, Angola. 



Type in the Lisbon ^Museum. 



The short fur, greyer eolour, lighter nnderparts, and flatter 

 skull distinguish this Angolan shrew from the East-Afi'iean 

 a /lea' and ulp'ina. 



(105) Crocidura bicolor woosnami, subsp. n, 



A cinnamon-coloured race of bicolor. 



General proportions as in the Angolan form. Fur 

 equally short. 



Colour of dorsal surface cinnamon-brown speckled with 

 grey ; flanks cinnamon-brown, the transition to the light 

 colour of the ventral surface quite sharp. Underparts slate- 

 grey washed with -white. Backs of hands and feet white. 

 Tail dull brown above, white below ; bristle-hairs white and 

 ratlur incouspicnons. 



Skull of the same semi-flattened type as that of bicolor, 

 but rather smaller. Teeth all a little smaller, but similar 

 in shape ; second and third npper unicuspids about equal in 

 size, cingula small. 



Dimensions of the type (preserved in spirit) : — 



Head and body 53 mni. ; tail 40; hind foot 10; 

 ear G"o. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 17; greatest breadth 7*8 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 3'4 ; length of palate 7 ; post- 

 j)alatal length 7'8 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5*3 ; median 

 depth of brain-case 3*8 ; length of upper tooth-row 7'3. 



Hab. Lake Ngami. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 6. 3. 80. Collected 

 by K. B. AVoosnara, Esq. 



The rather lighter underparts, more sharply marked off 

 from the cinnamon-brown flanks, and smaller skull distin- 

 guish this Ngami race from true bicolor. 



(106) Crocidura bicolor hendersoni, subsp. n. 



Closely allied to bicolor, but rather larger in size and 

 much richer in colour. 



Hind foot a little larger, measuring 11 mm. in length. 

 Fur equally short. Colour of upper parts brownish butt" 

 ("sepia" mtxed with "fuscous," sprinkled with "neutral 



