512 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



numerous, evenly distributed throughout nearly the whole 

 length of the tail. 



Skull about equal in length to that of the Fort Hall 

 species, brain-case equally flat but narrower. Teeth similar, 

 second and third upper unicuspids almost equal in size. 



Dimensions of the tj\ic (in spirit) : — 



Head and body 53 mm. ; tail 40 ; hind foot 112. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 194 ; greatest breadth 8"6 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 4 ; length of palate 7'8 ; post- 

 palatal length 8" 5 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5*8; median 

 depth of brain-case 4*2 ; length of upper tooth-row 8 - 5. 



Hob. Webi Shebeli, Somaliland. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 93. 6. 30. 7. 



In addition to the type, there is in the Collection a male 

 specimen, collected near the type-locality, which agrees very 

 closely in general body- and skull-dimensions. 



(101) Crocidura crossei, Thos. 



Crocidura crossei, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (0) vol. xvi. p. 53 

 (1895). 



A member of the hildeyardece group. 



About equal in size' to somalica, but with longer tail. 

 Fur rather short, hairs of back 3-4 mm. in length. 



Colour (from spirit-specimen) -slaty grey tinged with 

 brown, paler and greyer below. Lateral glands whitish. 

 Backs of hands and feet dirty brownish buff; digits rather 

 paler, almost white. Tail long and fairly stout, finely 

 haired, brownish grey above, dirty white below ; bristle-hairs 

 numerous, evenly distributed throughout nearly the whole 

 length. 



Skull about equal in length to that of somalica, brain-case 

 equally flat but narrower. Teeth a trifle smaller, upper 

 unicuspids narrower. 



Dimensions of the type (in spirit) : — 



Head and body 60 mm. ; tail 51 ; hind foot 12 ; ear 7*5. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 19*3 ; greatest breadth 8 - 2 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 3' 7 ; length of palate 81; post- 

 palatal length 8*9 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5 - 6 ; median 

 depth of brain-case 43 ; length of upper tooth-row 8'3. 



Hab. Asaba, 150 miles up the Niger. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 95. 5. 3. 4. 



