belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 571 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 120 ram. ; tail 80; hind foot 21-5. 



Skull : length of palate l-l ; least iuterorbital breadth 6*3 ; 

 greatest maxillary breadth 10*5 ; length of upper tooth- 

 row 14'8. 



Hub. Chirinda Forest, Melsetter District, S. Rhodesia. 



Type. Adult. B.M. no. 8. 7. 19. 20. Original number 26. 

 Collected and presented by C. F. M. Swynnerton, Esq. 



In general colour this form most resembles kiou,, from 

 which it is at ouce distinguished by its larger teeth. 



(19) Crocidura nyansae hera, subsp. n. 



Closely allied to the foregoing form, but smaller in size, 

 rather paler on the ventral surface, and with considerably 

 smaller teeth. 



Size of body, hind foot, and tail less than in zu/eika. 



General colour of dorsal surface dark cliocolate-brown, 

 rather less russet in tint than in the Rhodesian ra(;e, between 

 "clove-brown^^ and "Front's brown.'' Ventral surface 

 pale slate-grey washed with pinkish buff, the etl'ect lighter 

 and less brown than in zu/eika. Backs of hands and feet 

 dirty white. Tail shorter and a trifle paler in colour. 



Skull considerably smaller and narrower, more approaching 

 that oi fiavescens in size. Brain-case and maxillary region 

 narrow. Teeth small, especially the second and third upper 

 unicuspids. 



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



Head and body 105 mm.; tail 65; hind foot 18; 

 ear 11. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 28*8; greatest breadth 11*7; 

 least interorbital breadth 5*8 ; length of palate 12*5 ; post- 

 palatal length 12'5 ; greatest maxillary breadth 8'8 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 13" 1. 



Hub. Shire Highlands, Blantyre District, Southern Nyasa- 

 land. Altitude 3000 feet. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 3. 26. 4. Original 

 number 4. Collected and presented by B. L. Harger, Esq. 



The general colour of this race is very near that of 

 zuleika ; the chief distinguishing difference is in size, espe- 

 cially of the skull and teeth, her a possessing a much smaller 

 skull, with smaller teeth. 



(20) Crocidura surur<B, Hell. 



■e, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. i 



Colour very much paler than in nyansce. 



Crocidura siirurce, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. Ivi. no. 15, p. 2 

 (1910). 



