hehnglng to the Genus Crocidura. 513 



«'*. Fur short. Tail not distinctly bicolor. 

 (Usambara, G.E.A.) 



(36) velutma, Tbos. 

 b^. Fur normal. Tail brown above, wMte 

 below. (Charuia R., B.E.A.) 



(35) beta, sp. n. 

 f. Tail markedly incrassated at base. (Jom- 

 beni Range, B.E.A.) 



(40) percivali, sp. n. 



¥. Size small : head and body 70-80 mm. ; tail 



37-40 ; hind foot 12-13 ; length of skull 21. 



«■'. Colour above pale bufty brown, fading gradually 



into dirty greyish buff below. (Mozambique.) 



(30) sacralis, Pet, 



6\ Colour above broccoli-brown, sharply marked 



off from greyish white of ventral surface. 



(Lado.) (37) hdrella, Hell. 



6\ Tooth-row shorter (8-0 mm.). Colour above dull 

 brownish buff, below dirty grey. (Tropic of 

 Capricorn, S. Africa.) .... (31) mariqiiensis, Smith, 

 c^. General colour very pale cinnamon or pale smoky 

 grey. 

 a?. Size larger : head and body 92-100 mm. ; skull 

 26 mm. or more in length. 

 «*. Tail longer (69 mm.). Broccoli-brown above, 

 drab-grey below. (Mazeras, B.E.A.) 



(43) suahelcB, Hell. 

 6'. Tail shorter (48 mm.). Above slaty grey washed 



with brownish, below white. (Nguruman, 



G.E.A.) (41) fischeri, Pag. 



P. Size smaller : head and body 64-93 mm. ; skull 

 less than 25 mm. in length. 

 rt*. Tail longer (43-53 mm.), 

 a'. Colour above pale snuff or light cinnamon, 

 white below. (Molopo R., Bechuanaland.) 



(38) deserti, Schw. 

 b^. Colour above slaty, below dull yellowish or 



greyish white. (Voi, B.E.A.) 



(42) voi, Osg. 

 b^. Tail shorter (less than 35 mm. in length). 



a'. Colour above pale cinnamon-drab, below 

 creamy grey. Tooth-row 10'3 mm. ; upper 

 unicuspids normal. (Bahr-el-Ghazal.) 



(39) hutleri, Thos. 

 i\ Colour above pale smoke-grey, below pure 



white. Tooth-row 9'4 mm. ; upper unicuspids 

 crushed close together. (Somaliland.) 



(44) S7nithi, Thos, 

 d'^. G eneral colour grey or greyish brown. 



o^. Colour pale grey or greyish brown. 

 a*. Last upper molar well developed. 



a'. Size larger : head and body 87-98 mm. ; tail 

 60-61 ; hind foot 14-16. 

 a^ Anterior corners of brain-case rounded. 



