192 Mr. G. Dolhuau on the African Shrews 



Group 20 (cinderelh). 



Size fairly small. Colour above cinnamon, below whitish. Skulls 

 rather flat. Second and third upper unicuspids about equal iu size. 



(109) Crocidura Cinderella, Tlios. 



Crociditra Cinderella, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vol. viii. 

 p. 119 (1911). 



Size of body about as in flotceri described below, but tail 

 sliorter aud hiud foot smaller. Fur rather sliort, but not as 

 short as in the bicolor group, hairs of back 3-4 ram. in 

 length. 



Colour above pale einuamon-grey, near " wood-brown " 

 mixed with "drab" and speckled with "neutral grey/' the 

 cinnamon tint passing rather abruptly into the light greyish 

 white of the ventral surface; hairs of belly slate-grey, with 

 ■Nvhitish tips. Backs of hands and feet white. Tail of 

 medium length, rather thick at base, thinly clad with short 

 hairs, drab-grey above, paler below ; bristle-hairs numerous, 

 evenly distributed throughout nearly the whole length of 

 the tail. 



Skull rather larger than in jloweri and more heavily built, 

 brain-case narrow and fairly flat. Teeth about as in the 

 Egyptian species, the two small upper unicuspids equal in 

 size. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 62 mm. ; tail -48 ; hind foot 11. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 19' 7 ; greatest breadth 

 82 ; least iuterorbital breadth 3'8 ; length of palate 8; 

 postpalatal length 8*8 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5'9 ; 

 median depth of brain-case 4*3 ; length of upper tooth- 

 row 8-3. 



Hah. Gemenjulla, French Gambia. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 11. 6. 10. 13. 



The shorter and less hairy tail and smaller feet distinguish 

 tills species from the Egyptian floweri, to which it would 

 appear to be most nearly allied. 



(110) Crocidura floweri, sp. n. 



Larger than in the Incolor or nana groups, tail considerably 

 longer, skull as flat as in bicolor. 



Size greater than iu bicolor or nana, the hind foot mea- 

 suring from 12-13 mm. in length. Fur long, hairs of back 



