572 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



General proportions rather less than in the Uganda 

 species. 



Colour of dorsal surface pale drab-buflf (" hair-brown " or 

 " drab " mixed with " wood-brown ") ; flanks paler and 

 greyer^ the tint gradually fading into the pale greyish 

 silvery-buff of the ventral surface ; the entire underparts 

 very much lighter than in ny ansae. Backs of hands and feet 

 dirty buff. Tail rather short and hairy, brownish above, 

 paler below ; caudal bristles lighter in colour than in nyanscs. 

 Lateral glands conspicuously marked by a growth of short 

 white hairs. 



Skull of the same general form as that of nyansa, but 

 smaller throughout, with narrower brain-case and smaller 

 tteth. 



Dimensions of the type (hind foot measured when dry, 

 and therefore slightly shrunken) : — 



Head and body 111 ram. ; tail 64 ; hind foot 17. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 28 5 ; greatest breadth 12; 

 length of upper tooth-row 13. 



In the Museum Collection are two specimens collected by 

 Emin Pasha at Wadelai, and a further one from Mongalla 

 collected by A. L. Butler, Esq., \\hich I take to represent 

 this species. In general colour they agree well with Heller^s 

 description ; the hind feet (18 mm. dried) are slightly larger 

 and the skulls a trifle longer, but 1 think there can be no 

 doubt that these specimens represent the Lado species. 



The following are the skull-dimensions of one of the 

 Wadelai shrews and of the specimen from Mongalla : — 



Wadelai. JMorgalla. 



mm, mm. 



Condylo-incisive length 30 33 



Greatest breadth 12'3 123 



Least iuterorbital breadth 6 5'7 



Postpalatal length 13 12-9 



Greatest maxillary breadth 9-8 9-4 



Length of upper tooth-row 13*3 13'3 



The exact relationship of this species is not very clear; 

 there seems httle doubt that it is closely allied to the 

 riyansa group, as is shown by the general form of the skull ; 

 but the light grey underparts and bicoloured tail show that 

 it is also closely related to doriana. On this account it is 

 here placed between nyansa and doriana. 



Hub. Ehino Camp, Lado Enclave. 



Tyjie. Adult male. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 164637. 



In the Museum Collection there is a very pale-coloured 

 shrew, of the nyansce group, from Uuyoro ; it seems to be in 



