On the African Shrews belonging to Crocldura. 507 



margin angularly subrotundate, the posterior margin more 

 angulately siibconcave, about twice as broad as long, ocelli 

 near base and on the lateral margins of the central lobe ; 

 face globose, projecting, longer than broad, clypeus short 

 and broad ; pronotum convex, considerably broader than 

 long, the anterior margin convex, the posterior margin pro- 

 foundly concavely sinuate, the lateral margins moderately 

 oblique, slightly concave near base ; scutellum considerably 

 longer than broad, the apex acute, the lateral margins 

 straightly oblique ; tegmina more than twice as long as 

 broad, about basal two-thirds coriaceous and coarsely punc- 

 tate, apical area subhyaline, the apices broadly rounded, 

 subapical cells three, the innermost small ; posterior tibiaj 

 with two strong spines, posterior tarsi robust, tlie basal joint 

 longest. 



Allied to the Australian genus Hindola {=Ca)ystus, nom. 

 praeocc), but differs by the totally different structure of the 

 face and the shorter and apically broader tegmina. 



Ilindoloides indicans, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs ochra- 

 ceous ; tegmina with nearly basal two-thirds ochraceous, 

 remainder dull subhyaline ; eyes black, with two large black 

 spots on face between them ; meso- and metasterna sometimes 

 spotted with black, but this is not a constant character ; 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long., inch tegrn., 3^-4: mm. 



Hah. Calcutta, on Zizyphus jujuha. 



XLV. — On the African Shrews belonging to the Genus 

 Crocidura. By Guy Dollman. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The following paper deals with the African members of the 

 genus Crocidura. The forms 7'ussula, r. niauritanica, and 

 whitaheri are not included, since they belong more to the 

 European fauna than to the African. 



It has not been found possible to prepare a thoroughly 

 sound key ; in the groups " medium-sized " and " small- 

 sized " a certain amount of overlapping exists, a few of the 

 small-sized species possessing either body or cranial dimen- 

 sions which make it impossible to draw any definite line of 

 distinction between the two groups. 



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