April, 1910. New East African Mammals — Osgood. 19 



Measurements. Type and one topotype, respectively: Total 

 length 136, 153; head and body 90, 116; tail vertebrae 46, 37; hind 

 foot 14.5, 14. Skull of type: Greatest length 24.2; width of brain- 

 case 9.7; maxillary width 8.2; length of toothrow 11; i' to pm* 5.7: 

 alveolar length pm* 2.3 ; breadth m^ 3.1 ; length molariform series 5.9. 



Remarks. During a fairly critical examination of all the Croci- 

 durae in the British Natural History Museum, no species has been 

 found having any close relationship to the one here described. Its 

 very short tail combined with its sharply contrasted slaty and white 

 coloration distinguish it externally and its narrow skull and heavy 

 dentition characterize it otherwise. 



Crocidura parvipes sp. nov. 



Type from Voi, British East Africa. No. 16890 Field Museum of 

 Natural History. Adult male. Collected April 18, 1906, by E. Heller. 



Characters. Size medium; hind foot and tail very short, the latter 

 less than half the length of the head and body. Underparts brownish 

 fawn color slightly broken with a fine speckling of paler approaching 

 drab gray, about the same color as pale examples of C. jacksoni; 

 underparts white tinged with creamy, the bases of the hairs pale slate 

 gray; line of demarcation between upper- and underparts sharpy 

 passing along the side of the face just below the eye through the 

 ear (the upper part of the ear thus being brownish and the lower 

 whitish) and along the sides above the foreleg to the thigh ; feet and 

 legs whitish; tail broadly whitish below, brownish above. Skull 

 about the size of that of C. jacksoni but slightly shorter and broader 

 with the teeth slightly shorter and broader and more crowded; 

 third unicuspid slightly larger than second but appearing smaller in 

 lateral view since its posterior third is hidden by the anterior cusp of 

 pm^, the next tooth. 



Measurements. Type: Total length 122; head and body 84; 

 tail vertebrae 38; hind foot 11. 5. Skull of type: Greatest length 

 20.7; breadth of braincase 9.5; maxillary breadth 7.1; length of 

 upper toothrow 8.7; i^ to pm'* 4.2; length of molariform series 4.75; 

 width m^ 2.35. 



Remarks. The coloration and proportions of this species suggest 

 a possible relationship with Crocidura bicolor as represented by speci- 

 mens from Caconda, Angola. But C. bicolor is a much smaller species 

 with a relatively longer tail and decidedly smaller skull. 



Crocidura xantippe sp. nov. 



Type from Voi, British East Africa. No. 16888 Field Museum of 

 Natural History. Adult male. Collected April 15, 1906, by E. Heller. 



