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The miiaky odor of specimens, even ot dried skins collected se^'cral 

 years, is particularly noticeable in this species. 

 For table of measurements see page 49. 



CROCIDURA SIMIOLUS Hollister. 



Plate 7, figs. 13, 14. 



1916. Crocidura simiolus Hollister, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 66, No. 8, p. 3. 

 May. (Kisuniu, British East Africa; type in U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Specimens. — Four, from the following localities: 



British East Africa: Kaimosi, 2 (Heller); Kibabe, 1 (Heller); 

 Kisumu, 1 (Turner). 



The range of this species seems somewhat restricted, as it appears 

 in the collection only from the vicinity of Kavirondo Gulf, where it 

 was captured in locahties with the larger Crocidura nyansse nyansse. 

 Externally it greatly resembles certain specimens of nyansx but can 

 instantly be separated from them by its smaller skull. It is nearest 

 related to C. suaJielx and C. mutesse, but is slightly larger than either. 

 In color it is very similar to the darker specimens of sualielse, and in 

 the red phase is almost indistinguishable externally from the type- 

 specimen of mutesae. 



CROCIDURA MUTEST Heller. 



Plate 8, figs. 1, 2. 



1910. Crocidura mutesse Heller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 56, No. 15, p. 3. 

 December 23. (Kampala, Uganda; type in U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



Specimen. — One, the type, from — 



Uganda: Kampala (Loring). 



This shrew was originally described as a member of the turla group, 

 and was so placed by DoUman in his synopsis of the African species of 

 Crocidura. The two specimens recorded with the type from Uganda, 

 in the original description, are, indeed, Crocidura turha zaodon, but 

 the type itself is not a member of the same group and proves to be 

 closely related to Crocidura sualielse and to the Kavirondo C. simiolus. 

 The skuU of the tyiDc-specimen of mutesse is scarcely distinguishable 

 from skulls of sualielse, but in color the sldn is very different, and looks 

 almost exactly like the reddish-brown specimens of nyansse. and 

 simiolus. 



For measurements of specimens of C. simiolus and O. mutesse see 

 table, page 49. 



CROCIDURA TURBA NILOTICA Heller. 



Plate 8, figs. 3, 4. 



1910. Crocidura nilotica Heller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 56, No. 15, p. 3. 



December 23. (Rhino Camp, Lado Enclave; type in U. S. Nat. Mus.) 

 1916. Crocidura turba nilotica Hollister, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 35, 



p. 664. October 21. 



Specimens. — Fifteen, including seven in alcohol, from: 



