390 Mr. G. S. Miller on neio 



Crocidura russula cintrce, subsp. n. 



Ti/pe.—Adu\t male (skin and skull). B.M. no. 98. 2. 2. 11. 

 Collected at Cintra, near Lisbon, Portugal, January 26, 1896, 

 by Oldfield Thomas. Original number 47. 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than true Crocidura russula (hind 

 foot li*4-12'2 mm. instead of 11*7-14 ; condylo-basal length 

 of skull 17-8-19-2 instead of 18-20-4) ; colour dark and 

 rich, in striking contrast with the pallid tints of the Spanish 

 C r.jmhhra, Cabrera, and with a strong coppery lustre rarely 

 indicated in the typical race. 



Colour. — Type : upperparts between the mars-brown and 

 russet of Ridgway, very faintly darker along middle of back, 

 the hairs everywhere with metallic coppery and silvery 

 reflections. Underparts and feet pale wood- brown. Tail a 

 dull indefinite broccoli-brown, darker above than below. 



Skull and teeth. — Except for their smaller size the skull 

 and teeth resemble those of true russula. 



Measurements. — Type: head and body 64 mm.; tail 33 ; 

 hind foot 11*4; ear 8*6: skull, condylo-basal length 18 ; 

 width of brain-case 9 ; depth of brain-case 4*8 ; mandible 

 (including incisors) 11'8 ; upper tooth-row 8*6. 



Specimens examined. — Eleven, all from the type locality. 



Remarks. — In its small size the Cintra shrew agrees with 

 the Spanish race, but the colour is conspicuously darker. 

 The skins show no specially noteworthy variations, though 

 in a few individuals the fur is less glossy than usual. Taken 

 as a whole the series is about as dark as in French and 

 Belgian ?'2/ssM/a ; but the peculiar coppery lustre is highly 

 characteristic of the Portuguese form. 



Crocidura cyrnensis^ sp. n. 



Type.—M\x\i male (in alcohol). B.M. no. 6. 3. 14. 1. 

 Bastia, Corsica. Collected and presented by E. E.. Southwell, 



Esq. 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than the Sicilian Crocidura caudata 

 (hind i'oot 12-12'4 mm. instead of 14 mm.) ; tail relatively 

 about as long as in caudata., but not unusually thickened (its 

 ratio to head and body about 70, its diameter at middle 2 ram. 

 instead of 3 mm.). 



Colour. — Upperparts broccoli-brown slightly washed with 

 sepia, the slate-grey bases of the hairs showing through at 

 surface and producing a general effect nearly the drab of 

 Rido-way. Most of the hairs with faint silvery reflections in 

 certain lights. Underparts and feet light smoke-grey. 



