70 



Mr. G. Doll man on the African Shretos 



Hob. Beira, Portuguese East Africa. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 7. 6. 2. 28. Original num- 

 ber 1747. Collected on December 19th, 1906, by Mr.C. H.B. 

 Grant, and presented to the British Museum by C. D. Rudd, 

 Esq. 



Its smaller size and duller colouring distinguish this Beira 

 species from the South-African flavescens ; the Tette form, 

 hirta, is considerably brighter and lighter in colour and 

 smaller in size. 



(26) Crocidura beira nyika, subsp. n. 



Belated to the Beira species, darker in colour and with a 

 rather longer brain-case. 



Size of body about as in beira. 



Colour of dorsal surface dark browu (" blackish brown (1) " 

 mixed with "mummy-brown"), about as in the furnosa 

 group, considerably darker than in beira. Flanks similar in 

 colour to back, the tint fading rather gradually into the 

 dark brownish grey of the belly; unclerparts much darker 

 and browner. Backs of hands and feet dark brown. Tail 

 dark brown above and below, not lighter on the lower side ; 

 bristle-hairs fairly numerous, greyish brown in colour. 



Skull like that of beira, but with a rather longer and more 

 flattened brain-case ; tooth-row a trifle shorter. 



Dimensions of type (taken from dry skin) and two topo- 

 types (in spirit) : — 



2 (type) 



6 



d 



Head and body. 



mm. 

 89 



.... 93 

 95 



Tail. 



mm. 

 50 

 52 

 47 



Hind foot, 

 mm. 

 16 

 16 

 145 



Ear. 



mm. 



9 



11 



11 



Skulls of type and two topotypes ; — 



2 (type). 6- 



mm. mm. 



Condvlo-incisive length 24 - 3 24-9 



Greatest breadth 10-3 107 



Least interorbital breadth 4-9 47 



Length of palate 9"9 9-9 



Postpalatal length 109 11-3 



Greatest maxillary breadth 77 8 - 2 



Median depth of brain-case 5'8 62 



Length of upper tooth-row 10'6 106 



Hab. Nyika Plateau, North Nyasaland. Altitude 6000- 

 7000 feet, 



6. 

 mm. 



251 

 10-5 



4-8 

 101 

 11-2 



7-8 



6 

 107 



