512 Mr. G. Dollnian on the African Shrews 



a^ Colour dark reddish brown above and 

 below. 

 a\ Skull longer (24-3-25-1 mm.); tail 

 47-52; tooth-row 10-6-10-7. (Ny- 

 ika Plateau, N. Nyasa.) 



(26) b. nt/ik(S, subsp. n. 

 b\ Skull shorter (23 mm.); tail 57; 

 tooth-row 10-4. (Lakiundu R., 

 B.E.A.) . . (47) t. lakiundcs, Hell. 

 ¥. Colour above dark reddish brown, be- 

 low gre}'. 

 «^ Skull longer (25 mm.). (Old Calabar, 



Nigeria.) . , (57) p. soricoides, Murray. 

 b\ Skull shorter (22-9 mm.). (Fer- 

 nando Po.) . (56) poensis, Fras. 

 V, Size smaller; hind foot 12-14 mm.; 

 length of skull 21-21 '7. Colour yellowish 

 brown above, grey blow. (Cameroons.) 

 (58) p. attila, subsp. u. 

 ^»^ Colour above bright cinnamon-buff or dull chestnut, 

 greyish white below, 

 a^. Tooth-row longer (9-9'8 mm.). 



«*. Size larger : head and body 83-105 mm. ; hind 

 foot 13-15. 



«\ Size larger : skull more than 24 mm. in length, 

 a". Upper unicuspids normal. 



a'. Colour above rufous cinnamon. (Ma- 



chakos, B.E.A.) (32) hindei, Thos. 

 V, Colour above cinnamon speckled with 

 pale grey. (Bahr-el-Abiad.) 



(34) sericea, Sund. 

 i". Upper unicuspids very narrow. Colour 

 above pale sandy buff. (Lake Chad.) 



(33) /iindei diana, subsp. n. 

 b^. Size smaller : skull less than 24 mm. in length, 

 a®. Colour above cinnamon-brown or grey 

 speckled with cinnamon or fawn. 

 a'. Tail longer (51-60 mm.). 

 a^. Colour above cinnamon-brown or grey- 

 ish cinnamon. Tooth-row 9-6-10"3. 

 (Tette.) .... (27) Mrta, Pet. 

 b^. Colour above darker, without grey 

 speckling. Tooth-row 9-9-6 mm. 

 (Pondoland.). (29) h. pondoensis, Hoheits. 

 c^. Colour above fawn finely specified with 

 greyish drab. Tooth-row 9*6 mm. 

 (Voi, B.E.A.) (87) Xanthippe, Osg. 

 b~. Tail shorter (48-51 mm.). Colour above 

 rich cinnamon-brown, grey speckling 

 almost entirely absent in adult pelage. 

 (Umvolosi, Zululand.) [& Schw. 



(28) h.favidula, Thos. 

 ¥. Colour dull brownish chestnut. 



a'. Tail not markedly iucrassated at base. 



