Mdininals from Muunt Ruwenzori. 13'J 



4. Myosorex hlarina, sp. n. 



A dark short-tailed species with the mole-like appearance 

 of M. Scldteri talpinus. 



ISizt! lather less than in ^[. Sclaterl. Fur thick and rnoh;- 

 like ; hairs of back about 8 mm. in length ; a number of inter- 

 spersed longer hairs on the rump attaining 12-13 mm. 

 General colour blackish brown, slightly iridescent, very much 

 as in M. Sdateii talpinus; under surface scarcely ligiiter, 

 more smoky brown than in talpinus. Hands, feet, and tail 

 blackish, the anterior claws very large. Ears very short, 

 quite hicklen in tiie fur. 



Skull stout and heavily built — compared with that of 

 M. Sclateri it is smaller, shorter in the muzzle, but propor- 

 tionally broader, the interorbital region and brain-case as 

 broad as in the larger species. 



Teeth rather small throughout, the anterior incisors particu- 

 larly delicate ; relative proportions of the unicuspids as in 

 M. Sclateri, the minute posterior one about one tenth the size 

 of the second, which is half the size of the third, the latter 

 being about three fourths the size of the first. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 74 mm. ; tail 42; hind foot 14; ear 7. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 22'1 ; basal length 19*6 ; 

 anterior breadth 7; interorbital breadth 5'5; greatest breadth 

 across brain-case 12; length of upper tooth-series 10"8 ; 

 height of i^ 2. 



Altitude 10,000'. 



Ti/pe. Male. B.M. no. 0. 7. 1. 35. Original number 252. 

 Collected 27th January, IDOG, by Douglas Carruthers. One 

 specimen only. 



" Caught in bog and rock region." — D. C. 



The interest of this animal lies in the immense extension 

 its discovery gives to the range of the genus Myosorex, which 

 (since the species without the extra tooth in the lower jaw 

 were separated as Syhnsorex) has been only known from 

 South Africa, the Zoutpansberg distiict of the Transvaal 

 being there the most northern recorded locality. That the 

 genus should turn up again at 10,000' on Euwenzori is a most 

 interesting fact. 



'The velvety mole-like fur of J/, hlarina will distinguish it 

 from all other forms except the decidedly larger M. Sclateri 

 talpimis of Zululand. 



5. Sylvisorex lunaris, sp. n. 



A large slaty-grey species, with a long slender muzzle. 

 Size much larger than in S. morio, about equal to middle- 



