192 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Group 20 {Cinderella). 



Size fairly small. Colour above cinnamon, below whitish. Skulls 

 rather flat. Second and third upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(109) Crocidura Cinderella^ Thos. 



Crocidura Cinderella, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vol. viii. 

 p. 119 (1911). 



Size of body about as in floiveri described below, but tail 

 shorter and hind foot smaller. Fur rather short, but not as 

 short as in the bicolor group, hairs of back 3-4 mm. in 

 length. 



Colour above pale cinnamon-grey, near " wood-brown " 

 mixed with " drab " and speckled with " neutral grey,^' the 

 cinnamon tint passing rather abruptly into the light greyish 

 white of the ventral surface; hairs of belly slate-grey, with 

 whitish tips. Backs of hands and feet white. Tail of 

 medium length, rather thick at base, thinl}' clad with short 

 hairs, drab-grey above, paler below ; bristle-hairs numerous, 

 evenly distributed* throughout nearly the whole length of 

 the tail. 



Skull rather larger than in floiveri and more heavily built, 

 brain-case narrow and fairly flat. Teeth about as in the 

 Egyptian species, the two small upper unicuspids equal in 

 size. 



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



Head and body 62 ram. ; tail 48; hind foot 11. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 19"7 ; greatest breadth 

 8'2 ; least interorbital breadth 3"8 ; length of palate 8; 

 postpalatal length 8*8 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5*9 ; 

 median depth of brain-case 4*3 ; length of upper tooth- 

 row 8-3. 



Hah. GemenjuUa, French Gambia. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 11. 6. 10. 13. 



The shorter and less hairy tail and smaller feet distinguish 

 this species from the Egyptian floiveri, to which it would 

 appear to be most nearly allied. 



(110) Crocidura floweri, sp. n. 



Larger than in the bicolor or nana groups, tail considerably 

 longer, skull as flat as in bicolor. 



Size greater than in bicolor or nana, the hind foot mea- 

 suring from 12-13 mm. in length. Fur long, hairs of back 



