110 ^Ir. O. Thomas on new 



sized species of Crocidura. Fur rich and velvety ; hairs of 

 back about 6 mm. in length. General colour dark slaty grey, 

 without variegation, but with a sliglit iridescence on the tips 

 of the hairs. Under surface little lighter, the tips of the hairs 

 pale brown. Upper surface of hands and feet brown, but 

 the flesh along their inner halves is paler than the outer ; 

 fore and hind claws about equal in size. Tail much shorter 

 than head and body, very finely haired, without longer 

 bristles ; brown above, rather paler below. 



Skull markedly different from that of S. morlo by its much 

 larger size, slender build, and long muzzle. 



Teeth delicate. Unicuspids narrow, the anterior about 

 twice the area iti cross-section of the other three, which are 

 subequal. Lower incisors uniform in thickness, not tapering, 

 their upper edges strongly serrated, with three well-marked 

 notches. 



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



Head and body 86 mm.; tail 54:; hind foot 14:'0 ; ear 10. 



Skull: condylo-basal length 22 \ basal length 19'8 ; ante- 

 rior breadth 6*4; greatest breadth across brain-case 10; 

 length of upper tooth-series 10. 



Hdh. Ruwenzori East, 12,500'. Other specimens from 

 altitudes of 7000' upwards. 



Tijpe. Male. B.M. no. 6. 7. 1. 38. Original number 613. 

 Collected 30fch January, 1906, by R. B. Woosnara. 



This distinct species may be readily distinguished from its 

 W. -African allies S. inorio and S. Preussi by its larger size. 



6. Funisciurus Camct/iersij sp. n. 



A handsome yellowish-green species, with a bluish-grey 

 belly ; something like a gigantic F. poensis. 



Size about as in F. pyrrhopus. Fur soft and rich ; hairs 

 of back about 13-15 mm. in length. General colour above 

 bright yellowish olivaceous green, the hairs blackish with 

 rich yellow subterminal bands. Along the sides of the back 

 a suggestion of yellow lateral lines, in the position of those of 

 the pi/rrhopus group, can be made out, but these are very 

 faint and scarcely to be distinguished from the yellow of the 

 flanks. Under surface and inner sides of limbs bluish grey, 

 the hairs dark slaty with whitish tips. Head like back ; 

 eyes rimmed above and below with dull whitish or orange- 

 whitish ; ears short, rounded, their inner surface greenish 

 yellow like the flanks, their outer surface and a small post- 

 auricular patch dull }ellowish white. Upper surface of hands 

 and feet grizzled yellowish. Tail coloured like the body, the 



