belonging to the Genus Crocidura. 



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This species would appear to have a very wide distribu- 

 tion ; in the Museum Collection are specimens from the 

 following localities : — Tette, Salisbury, Mazoe, S. Nyasa, 

 Loangwa, Katanga, and Angola. 



(28) Crocidura hirta flavidula, Thos. & Schw. 



Crocidura Jlavescens Jlavidula, Thomas & Schwann, P. Z. S. p. 264 

 (1905). 



In dimensions agreeing closely with hirta. 



Colour above (in worn pelage) more uniform than in the 

 Tette species, the grey speckling not so dominant, general 

 colour of back " Prout's brown " mixed with " cinnamon- 

 brown." Flanks, ventral surface, extremities, and tail as in 

 hirta. 



Skull rather larger than in the specimens described by 

 Peters. 



Dimensions of the type and four topotypes (measured in 

 the flesh) : — 



Skull of type and two topotypes : — 



6 (type). S. 2- 



mm. mm. mm. 



Condylo-incisive length 23-5 23 23 



Greatest breadth 10 9-8 9'6 



Least interorbital breadth 4 - 6 4*6 4 - 7 



Length of palate 9-8 9-4 9*7 



Postpalatal length 10-6 10T 10 



Greatest maxillary breadth 7 - 4 73 7*2 



Length of upper tooth-row , 98 10" 1 10 



Hab. Umvolosi, Zululand. 



Type. Adult male, B.M. no. 4. 12. 3. 29. 



This Zululand shrew would appear to be very closely 

 related to the Tette species, and it seems best to regard it as 

 a race of that form rather than of the much larger and very 

 much more distinct Jlavescens. 



