490 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



M. s. talpiuus. Hands, feet, and tail blackish, the anterior claws very large. Ears 

 very short, quite hidden in the fur. 



Skull stout and heavily built — compared with that of M. sclateri it is smaller, 

 shorter in the nauzzle, but proportionally broader, the interorbital region and brain- 

 case as broad as in the larger species. 



Teeth rather small throughout, the anterior incisors particularly delicate ; relative 

 proportions of the unicuspids as in M. sclateri, the minute posterior one about one- 

 tenth the size of the second, which is half the size of the third, the latter being about 

 three-fourths the size of the first. 



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



Head and body 74 mm, ; tail 42 ; hind foot 14 ; ear 7. 



Skull: condylo-basal length 22-1; basal length 19-6; anterior breadth 7; inter- 

 orbital breadth 5-5; greatest breadth across brain-case 12; length of upper tooth- 

 series 10'8; height of i^ 2. 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 6.7.1.35. Original number 252. Collected 27th January, 

 1906, by Mr. Douglas Carruthers. 



The interest of this animal lies in the immense extension its discovery gives to the 

 range of the genus Myosorex, which (since the species without the extra tooth in the 

 lower jaw were separated as Sylvisorex) has been known only from South Africa, the 

 Zoutpansberg district of the Transvaal being the most northern recorded locality. That 

 the genus should turn up again at 10,000 ft. on Ruwenzori is a most interesting fact. 



The velvety mole-like fur of M. Marina distinguishes it from all other forms except 

 the decidedly larger M. sclateri taljjiiius of Zululand. 



[Two specimens of this Shrew were caught near a stream in very swampy ground 

 at 10,000 ft. They took a bait of worms.— E. B. W.] 



23. Crocjdura kyans^ Neum. 



S . 69, 619, 623. $ . 65, 651, and 1 in spirits. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori. 



[These ShreAvs were not trapped above 8500 ft., the limit of the forest-zone. 

 They have a large oval-shaped gland, of a light pink colour, behind the shoulder on 

 either side, which gives out an oil or grease with a powerful odour of musk and clove. 

 The glands are long, narrow, and smaller in the female and have no odour. Native 

 name " Mususu." — E. B. W.] 



24. Ceociduea sp. 



? . 125. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori. 8500 ft. 

 ? . 152. Fort Beni, Semliki Valley. 3000 ft. 

 2 . 164. Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori. 7000 ft. 

 1 in spirits. Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal. 

 Allied to C. nyansm Neum. 



