66 Mr. G. Doll man on the African Shrews 



mm. 



Total length 110 



Head 8 



Width of head 5 



Body 102 



Fore limh 8 



Hind limb 12 



Tail 65 



Three specimens obtained at Yallingup, S.W. Australia. 



The above description is almost an exact reproduction of 

 that of L. peronii*, except for the absence of the fourth 

 digit — a character which is common to the three specimens 

 collected at Yallingup. As, however, among a large number 

 of typical L. peronii from the Coolgardie district, W. Aus- 

 tralia, presented by Mr. L. C. Webster, I find one with'four 

 fingers and three toes, I think it preferable to describe the 

 tridactyle form as a variety or subspecies rather than as a 

 species. 



This interesting lizard adds a link to the chain of closely 

 allied forms of the section Uemiergis : — 



Lygosoma initiate, Werner. Digits 5 + 5. 



peronii, Fitz. „ 4 + 4 (rarely 4 + 3). 



■ ■, var. tridactylum. „ 3 + 3. 



decresiense, Fitz. „ 3 + 3. 



quadrilineatum, D. & B. „ 2 + 2. 



X. — On the African Shrews belonging to the Genus 

 Crocidura. — III. By Guv Dollman. 



[Continued from vol. xv. p. 575.] 



Group 6 (zaphiri and olimeri) . 



Size large. Colour above slaty brown or pale umber. Third upper 

 unicuspids broader than second. 



(23) Crocidura zaphiri, sp. n. 



A dull, slaty, cinnamon-coloured species, with small upper 

 unicuspids and a very bristly tail. 



* Dr. "Werner has proposed the name L. quadridigilatum to replace 

 that of L. peronii, Fitz., on the assumption that Fitzinger's name is more 

 recent than that of L. p>eronii, D. & B. But it is the reverse, and the 

 latter species should bear the name L. blackmanni, De Vis, if both are 

 placed in the same genus. 



