356 Mr. W. E. de Winton on Mammals from 



orbits 6 9; tip to tip of canines 4*1 ; tip to tip of incisors 1*9 ; 

 front of canine to back of molar series 5'2 ; front of palate to 

 foramen magnum 10; mandible, greatest length 10'2, height 

 at coronoid 4'2. 



The canines have a deep broad groove in front, the tips 

 diverging ; the incisors are strongly convergent. Tlie lower 

 incisors are not crowded, but grow in the direction of the 

 jaws. The first premolar in the lower jaw is large and longer 

 than the second premolar. 



In all important characters this new species closely 

 resembles S. aJhofuscus, the colour of the fur and wing- 

 membranes alone distinguishing the two species. There can 

 be no doubt that these two species should be placed in a 

 distinct genus from S. nigrita and company, the form of the 

 canine teeth alone being a sufficient reason ; but provisionally 

 I follow Mr. Thomas (Ann. Mus. Genov., Feb. 1890, p. 3) 

 in placing them in this genus until the whole of this group 

 of bats shall have been worked out. 



Crocidura {Or.) Giffardi. 



? . Moshi, 600 feet, 30th June, 1898. 



"Found dead." 



This fine species was described by the present writer in 

 this Journal (ser. 7, vol. ii. p. 484). 



It is not only the largest member of the division of the 

 genus to wliicli it belongs, but is perhaps the richest-coloured 

 shrew known, the fur being glossy and as dark as the richest 

 seal-fur as prepared in accordance with the fashion of the day. 



In the original description, the locality given on the 

 seventh line from the bottom of the page, " on the way to 

 Kumassi," should read " some 500 miles N.E. of Kumassi 

 near Wagadugu." The name of the district seems variously 

 spelt Morsi, Mossi, or Moshi, the last being that found on the 

 most recent maps. 



Xerus erythropus. 



S , Gambaga, 28th Dec, 1898. 

 " Shot among rocks." 



Funisciurus annulatus. 



c?, Gambaga, 20th August, 1898, 1300 feet. 

 " tShot in tree. Eye hazel." 



Kofe. — In this Journal (ser. 6, vol. xvi., August 1895, p. 19") 1 

 described a squirrel from Monljuttu under the name of ii'chtrus Emini, 



