belonfji/H/ to thf Genus Ciocitlura. 503 



favescens. Backs of hands and IVot brownish or dirty huff. 

 Tail rather shorter and not taperiiij^ so niaikedly as in 

 occulcntalis, rather more coarsely haired, brownish above, a 

 shade |)aler below; bristle-hairs fairly uunierous, but incon- 

 s[)ienous. 



Skull lar«;er than in flavescens, about equal in size to that 

 of occ'uientdlis ; tooth-row about the same, second and third 

 upper luiieuspids nearly ecjual in size, the second slightly 

 l)roader and with a rather longer cusp than third. Last 

 upper molar fairly large. 



Dimensions (as given by Boeage) : — 



Head and body IIG mm. ; tail G."3 ; hind foot 17. 



Dimensions of co-type and topotype in the Museum 

 Collection (iu spirit) : — 



Head and body. Tail, 



mm. mm. 



9 (co-type) 112 G2 



$ (topotype) 107 63 



Skulls of co-ty[)e (broken) and topotype : coudylo-incisive 

 length — , 30; greatest breadth — , 12'1 ; least interor])ital 

 breadth 5'7, 57; length of palate 12'9, 13; postpalatal 

 length — ,13; greatest ma.villary breadth 10, 9'8 ; median 

 depth of braiu-case — , (j7; length of upper tooth-row 13*3, 

 13-2. 



Hub. Caconda, Angola. 



The co-tvpe in the British Museum is an adult female. 

 B.M. no. 89.5. 1.2. 



This species would appear to be somewhat intermediate 

 between the occidenlalis and ?j//rt«5ve groups ; it is probably 

 most nearly allied to the 7iyansie group, but until more up- 

 to-date material is at hand for examination it is impossible 

 to decide the exact affinities of this Angolan shrew. 



(11) Crocidura liedcnborfjiana, Sund. 



Sorex hedenboryianus, Sundevall, Vet.-Ak. Handl. Stock, p. 174 

 (1842). 



Size much larger than in fnscosa, about as in manni ; 

 general colour very dark. 



General i)roportions about the same as in manni; tail not 

 exceptionally long. Hairs of back about 5 mm, in length, 

 much shorter than in the long-haired giJJ'ardi. 



Colour dark blackish chocolate (" aniliuc-ljlaek " mixed 

 with " vandykc-brown ''), a faint shade lighter on the ventral 

 surface. This is the darkest of all thi' allied Kast-Afrieau 



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