368 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Group 14 (pilosa). 



Size medium small. Colour dark brown; fur very long; extremities 

 and tail clothed with short, coarse, black hairs. Second and third 

 upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(78) Crocidur a pilosa, Dobs. 



Crocidnra jrilosa, Dobson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. vi. p. 496 

 (1890). 



A dark brown, medium small-sized species, with hairy tail. 



Fur long, hairs on back measuring from 6 to 7 mm. in 

 length. 



Colour (from spirit-specimens) dark brown, slightly paler 

 below. Backs of hands and feet blackish brown. Tail 

 thickly covered with short, coarse, brownish-black hairs, 

 rather paler on the lower side ; bristle-hairs slender and 

 numerous, densely packed together over basal two-thirds, 

 brown in colour. 



Skull smaller than that of martensi or argentata, with 

 smaller teeth. 



Dimensions of the type (as given by Dobson) : — 



Head and body 60 mm. ; tail 48 ; hind foot 13 - 5 ; ear 7'o. 



Skull : length 20 ; greatest breadth 9 ; length of upper 

 tooth-row 8. 



Dimensions of two spirit-specimens in the Museum 

 Collection : — 



Head and body. Tail, 

 mm. mm. 



J. Transvaal 59 46 



2 . „ 69 50 



Skulls (broken) : least interorbital breadth 4, 4'2; length 

 of palate 8, 8*5 ; greatest maxillary breadth 58, 5*9 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 8*5, 8'9. 



Hub. Transvaal. 



The chief distinguishing characters of this species are the 

 long fur, the dark brown colouring, and the short, blackish, 

 coarse hairs on the tail. 



Group 15 {fumosa). 



Size medium. Colour above dark brown, grey, or blackish. 

 Third upper unicuspids broader than second. 



(79) Croci dura fumosa, Thos. 



Crocidura fumosa, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vol. xiv. p. 238 

 (1904). ' 



Rather smaller than turba, with flatter, more delicately 

 built skull. 



