1044 UN TJIK GUEllNSHY CllOOJDUUA. 



C. 11. PETA, subsp. n. 



JJistribulion. Guernsey, Aldevney (?). 



Diagnosis. Size as in C. r. pulchra. 



(a) Hind foot 11-12-5. 



(6) Condyloba.sa.1 length of skull 18-l-l<)-2. 



(c) Average of 16 adults: IIB. 68-3; T. ;rr8 ; 1U<\ 11-7. 



Colour nearly as in G. r. riissula. 



CUOCIDURA IIUSSULA PETA, Subsp. n. 



Crocidura rttssula ritssula Miller, Oat. Mamni. W. E., B.M., 

 1912, p. 101. 



Type locality. Guernsey. 

 ■ Material examined. Four adults (3 S ) collected by Bunting iu 

 August 1908 and twelve adults (7 c?, 5 ? ) collected by Pickford 

 in August and iSepteml)er 1923. 



JJimensions : — 



7^6 8.9.2.20, adult J, 23 Aug. 1908. Hli. ()3r). T. 39. IIF. 12. 



E. 9. 



Average of eleven adult males (8.9.2.18, ? 8.9.2.19, 8.9.2.20, 

 8.9.2.21, 1, 3, 4, 5,5,6, 9, 12):— 



HB. 69-7 ; T. 37-9 ; HF. 11-7 ; E. 8-8. 



Average of five adult females (2, 11, 23, 24, 25) : — 

 HB. 65-2 ; T. 37-6 ; HE. 11-6 ; E. 8-6. 



Comlylobasal lengths of skulls:— (8.9.2.18) 19-2; (8.9.2.21) 

 19-0; (11)19-0; (8.9.2.20) !rv/7;e 18-8; (1)18-8; (8.9.2.19)18-2; 

 (9)18-1. * 



Remarks. The dimensions of this animal show throughout a 

 uniform smallness which at once distinguishes them from those 

 of the typical large form Q. r. russida. The normal coloration 

 is not to be differentiated from that of the dark typical foini. 

 The few light specimens, those collected in 1908, are probably 

 only characteristic of the seasonal conditions in the pr('sen<;e of 

 which a similar liglituess occurs in 0. r. russula. TMiisoccurreuci.' 

 of a light summer phase should not be confused with the 

 lightness of C. r. pidchra which, as Miller (/. c.) noticed, normally 

 occurs at all times of the year. 



A Crocidura from Alderney in the British Mu.seum collcctiou 

 should probably be grou})ed with the Guernsey fornj, but is ioo 

 young to admit of po.sitive identification. 



Note.— The dimensions throughout this paper are in milli- 

 metres. 



