BULLETIN 



OF 



The American Museum of Natural History 



Volume XLVII, 1922 



59.9,33(67.5) 



Article I.— THE AMERICAN MUSEUM CONGO EXPEDITION 

 COLLECTION OF INSECTIVORA 1 



By the late J. A. Allen 2 



Plates I to IV, and 1 Text Figure 

 CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 2 



List of Localities, with Names of the Species and Subspecies, and Number 



of Specimens taken at each Locality 3 



New Species and Subspecies, with their Type Localities 4 



General Summary 4 



Potamogalidse 4 



Potamogale velox 4 



Erinaceidse 8 



Status of Erinaceus albiventris and E. pruneri Wagner 8 



Atelerix Pomel 11 



Atelerix faradjius, new species 13 



Atelerix langi, new species 15 



Soricidse 17 



Crocidura nyansx kivu 17 



Crocidura sururx ; 18 



Crocidura lutrella 18 



Crocidura turba nilotica 18 



Crocidura caliginea. .'. 18 



Crocidura jacksoni denti 18 



Crocidura bicolor 18 



Crocidura oritis 18 



Crocidura latona 19 



Crocidura ludia 19 



Crocidura polia 19 



Crocidura congobelgica 19 



Scientific Results of The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition. Mammalogy, 

 No. 5. 



2 This paper was in press at the time of Dr. Allen's death but the final proofs were not seen by him. ' 

 — Editor. 



