On Maminah from SomaUland. 247 



XXXIX. — On a small Collection of Mammals made hy 

 Mr. C. V. A. Peel in SomaUland. By W. E. DE WiNTO.V. 



(1) Macroscelides Revoilii, Huet. 



a. Lehello (4500 feet), 65 miles south of Berbera. 

 This single specimen is not fullj adult, having the milk- 

 teeth still in place. 



(2) Crocidura [Cr.) nana, Dobs. 

 o, h. Eyk (4500 feet), 4th July. 



As the dimensions of the skull of this, the smallest true 

 Crocidura known, have not been published, some of the 

 principal measurements are here given. 



Greatest length 16 millim. ; breadth 7; basal length 14'5 ; 

 front of incisors to back of palate 7'5 ; entire tooth-ro\v (S'd\ 

 tip of incisor to tip of large premolar 3'5 ; mandible, tip of 

 incisor to condyle 0'7, to angle 10, angle to coronoid 4"9. 



(3) Ilerpestes ochraceuSj Gray. 

 a. Abori (5000 feet), 7th July. 



Mr. 0. Thomas, in a revision of this group (P. Z. S. 18S2, 

 p. 69), makes of this form liis "variety c?" of H. gracilis] 

 but with furtlier material and entire skulls, instead of the 

 mutilated specimens then in the Museum, it is now shown to 

 be a distinct species. 



Size smaller than //. gracilis ; colour ochraceous red or 

 bright rusty on the dorsal surface, paler on the sides ; fur less 

 annulated with blackish. It is also smaller than H. Grantii 

 from Zanzibar, but has rather more annulations on the fur. 

 The size of the teeth and the much shorter and more rounded 

 skull distinguish it from either of the above species. 



The specimen contained in this collection being a flat skin, 

 the measurements given below are taken from another indi- 

 vidual in the Britisli Museum, ^ (no. 97. 8. 9, 7), Mandeira, 

 Soraaliland, collected and i)resented by Dr. A. E. Atkinson : — 



Head and body (c.) 290 millim. ; tail (c.) 245 ; hind foot 52. 



Skull : greatest length 57 ; breadth 31 ; brain-case 25"5 ; 

 basal length 54 ; length of entire tooth-row 24 ; greatest 

 breadth outside teeth 20*3 ; length of carnassial tooth (outer 

 side) 5*5 ; breadth of tirst molar 6*2, breadth of second 

 molar 4'4; mandible, length (bone only; to condyle 37, to 

 angle 37' 1. 



