helongiiKj to the Genus Ciociclura. 523 



The skulls of tlio two spirit-spcriiiieiis from the type- 

 locality give the lullowiug lucasuri'ineuts : — 



? $ 



(teoth unworn). (teeth worn), 



mm. mill. 



Condvlo-incisive lony^tli 2P 3 25)'5 



Greatfst brendtli 11-7 V2 



Length of pahito 1 L'-9 13-3 



rostpalntal li'njrth 124 121 



Greatest maxiliiirv breadth 'OTt 'J/i 



Length of uppi-r tooth-row 137 1.'' G 



There is, then, a certain amount of individual variation, as 

 well as sexual variation in size, and this, couil)ine(l with the 

 great cliani^cs in colour which the pclajjjc undergoes, makes 

 the identirication of the s[)ecies a very ilitlicult matter. 



Hub. Gaboon. 



The Gold Coast form, sjjiarcUi, is the oidy one that might 

 be mistaken for occidentalis, but the colour of the new 

 pelage is never so dark as in the Gaboon species, and the 

 latter has none of the silver-gicy speckling so conspicuous 

 in spurrelli. 



(5) Crocidura occidentalis spurrclli, Thos. 



Crocidura sputrelli, Thonia-?, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8; vol. vi. p. 427 

 (li)lU). 



Size rather larger than in occidentalis, but smaller than 

 manni. 



Hair short and close, much shorter and more velvety 

 than in the large Lagos species. 



General colour of unbleached coat dark sepia-brown 

 sprinkled with silvery gi'ey, resulting eifect much as in 

 "fuscous" mixed with "fuscous-black"; flanks .a trifle 

 paler, the tint gradually fading to the greyish buff of the 

 undcrparts. In the bleached condition, just wlien the new 

 dark fur is aj)pcaring, the geeieral colour is very much 

 lighter and redder ('• snutT-brown "), nuire as in ni/ans/o ; 

 undcrjjarts in bleached specimens strongly tinted with 

 brownish buff. Backs of hands and feet brownish. Tail 

 cylindrical, appearing almost naked, clothed with minute 

 blackish-brown hairs, slightly lighter on the ventral surface ; 

 caudal bristles slender and numerous. 



Skull long and narrow, in size about as in ;/. kirn, much 

 smaller than in matuii, intcrorbital and maxillary region 

 narrow ; brain-ease small. IJnicuspids broader than in the 

 uyansiE group, more circular in section. 



