hehnging to the Oenus Ciocidura. 5G9 



darker than in nyansoi ; caudal hairs as in the otlier members 

 of tliis f^roup. 



The skulls of tlic series in tlie Museum ('ollection average 

 rather smaller than in nyanHce^ with smaller iiriiin-case. 

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

 Head and body lio'mm.; tail 88; hind foot 19 ; ear 12. 

 The following are the average, maximum, and minimum 

 flesh-measurements of thirty adult specimens in the 

 Collection : — 



Head and body. Tail. llind foot, 



nun. urni. mm. 



Averafre 110-7 78 18-3 



Maximum 119 88 20 



Minimum 104 70 17 



Skull : dimensions of type and six other adult speci- 

 mens : — 



<^. 6. 6. 6. 9- 2- $• 



Type. Kivu. Kivu. ^2^!"' ^*^"- ^"'"- ^^^'"* 



mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. 



Condvlo-incisire length .. 308 29-7 306 29 29 28-9 29-3 



Greatest breadth 12-3 12-2 11-9 ll'S U'o 117 11-6 



Least interoibital breadth . O'O 6 b 5-3 0"0 5-4 5'4 5*6 



Length of palate 13-5 13-2 13o 13 12-9 129 13-3 



I'ostpalatal lenirth 13 12-5 12-7 12-1 126 12-2 12-2 



Greatest maxillarv breadth . 9-2 9 93 9*2 9 9-2 9-1 



Median depth of brain-case . OS 6-G 6-6 67 6G 67 0-8 



Lengthof upper tooth-row. 141 13-6 13-8 13-3 13 13o 13 



There is a considerable amount of individual variation in 

 the skull-dimensions of this Kivu shrew; the ty[)ical speci- 

 men possesses a skull rather larger than any of the others, 

 equalling in length some specimens of nyansa. 



Hub. Lake Kivu. Altitude 4900 feet. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 7. 6. U. 24. 



In the Museum Collection there are some thirty-five 

 specimens of this Kivu shrew, all of which possess the same 

 glossy, chocolate-coloured pelage and russet-tinted under- 

 parts. The localities where these specimens have been 

 collected are for the most part quite close to the type- 

 localitv ; Mr. Kemp obtained it at Buharaba, Mukanda, 

 Kiscuyi, Lake Mutanda, Kumba, and Chaya (Congo Beige), 

 all districts fairly close to Lake Kivu. It has also been 

 found on Ruweuzori (at altitudes of 5000-7000 feet) and at 

 Ingezi and Nalasanji, Uganda. 



C. nyansce kivu may be at once recognized by its dark 

 chocolate-coloured glossy coat, both tiyansa and kijabte 

 being lighter and exhibiting none of the glossy sheen so 

 characteristic of this Kivu race. 



