204 ]\Ir. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



niohe ; it may be distinguislied at once by its larger size and 

 very mucli larger and stouter skull. 



(122) Crocidura litioj-alis. Hell. 



Croddura littoralis, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. Iv. no. 15, p. 5 

 (1910). 



Allied to monax, darker and browner in colour. 



Size of body and hind foot rather larger than in the 

 Kilimanjaro species. 



Colour of dorsal surface rich sepia, considerably browner 

 than the dark slaty pelage of monax ; underparts vandyke- 

 brown, the chin and throat suffused with grey. Hair every- 

 where plumbeous at base. Backs of hands and feet rather 

 lighter than back. Tail as in monax. 



Skull about equal to that of monax, rather narrower and 

 with a slightly shorter tooth-row. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh, excepting 

 the hind foot) : — 



Head and body 96 mm. ; tail Q7 ; hind foot 17. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 24; greatest breadth 10; 

 length of upper tooth-row 10. 



Hab. Butiaba, east shore of Albert Nyanza, Uganda. 



Type. Adult male. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 164642. 



This species is evidently very closely allied to monax, from 

 which it maj- be distinguished by its browner and darker 

 colour. 



(123) Crocidura ultima, sp. n. 



Allied to monax, distinguished by its paler and browner 

 colour and the large size of third upper unicuspid, as com- 

 pared with the second. 



Size of body much as in monax. 



General colour reddish brown mottled with grey, effect 

 very much as in " clove-browai " sprinkled with greyish 

 butf, very different from the dark blackish-brown coloration 

 of monax. Underparts ratiier greyer than upper, not dis- 

 tinctly differentiated from the brownish tint of the flanks. 

 Backs of hands and feet pale brownish buff' ; claws of hind 

 feet slightly larger than those of fore feet. Tail fairly long, 

 covered with very short brownish hairs, the general effect as 

 in monax ; colour reddish brown above and below, paler than 

 in the other members of this group ; caudal bristles almost 

 entirely absent, a few near the base on the ventral surface. 



Skull slightly smaller than that of monax, of a very similar 



