22G Mr. G. E. Dobson on new Species of Crocidimu 



and between which the long tine hairs project at intervals to 

 within a short distance of the extremity ; the muzzle, chin, 

 manus, and pes are well covered with short fur like the under 

 fur on the tail. The ears are apparently naked, being" clothed 

 only with very short almost invisible hairs. The fur of the 

 body is short throughout, on the head, back, and upper sur- 

 face of the tail cinnamon-brown, with bright yellowish-brown 

 extremities, beneath similar, with greyish tips. 



The teeth (see Monograph of the Insectivora, part iii. 

 fase. i. pi. xxvii. figs. 2 & 2 a) somewhat resemble those of 

 G. aranea, but, besides being altogether larger, they may be 

 at once distinguished, not only from those of that species, 

 but also from those -of every other species of this section of 

 the genus, by the form of the anterior maxillary tooth, the 

 base of which develops a horizontal postero-internal process, 

 so that the posterior margin of the base of the tooth is deeply 

 concave. 



In the single specimen, an adult male, there is a well- 

 marked lateral gland in the usual position. 



Length, head and body, 85 millim., tail 55, eye to tip of 

 nostril 12, ear 10, elbow to end of middle digit (without 

 claw) 18^, manus 8, pes 12, tibia 13, distance of tip of 

 first upper incisor from apex of principal cusp of the last 

 premolar 5. 



Hob. N.E. Africa (Soudan). 



Type, an adult male No. 1988, preserved in alcohol in the 

 collection of the Zoological Museum at St. Petersburg. 



This species somewhat resembles C.flavescens in the colour 

 of the fur, and in the length of the body and tail, but it may 

 be at once distinguished by its smaller size, much shorter 

 pes, forearm, and tibia, by the presence of a well-developed 

 lateral gland, and by the deep concavity in the posterior mar- 

 gin of the anterior maxillary tooth. 



I have much pleasure in connecting with this interesting 

 species the name of Dr. Strauch, Director of the Zoological 

 Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Peters- 

 burg. 



Crocidura macrodon. 



In colour and in distribution of the fur like C. Strauchit, 

 but with much larger feet, a shorter tail, a much longer 

 muzzle, and altogether larger teeth. The muzzle is remark- 

 ably long and pointed, the ears moderate, clothed only with 

 very short hairs, and a few longer ones springing from the 

 margin of the internal folds ; the vibrissas on the sides of the 

 muzzle are fine and very long, the longest extending back- 



