hp.Jonfjinn to the Genua Crocidiira. 195 



(112) Crocidnrii nunil/a, Thos. 



Crocidura n,viilla, Thomas, Ann. ^^c Mag. Nat. Hint. (8) vol. iv. p. 90 

 (1909). 



Smaller and greyer than nana. 



Fur shorter, hairs of back only 2-3 ram. in length. Colour 

 of dorsal surface slate-grey (rather paler than "Cluetura 

 drab''); transition from slate-coloured flanks to whitish 

 nndcrparts well defined ; belly rather greyer than in nana. 

 Backs of hands and feet white. Tail finely haired, slaty 

 brown above, white below ; bristle-hairs numerous, grey in 

 colour. 



Skull smaller and with shorter brain-case than in nana, 

 equally flat. Teeth rather smaller, second and third upper 

 nnicuspids about equal in size. 



Dimensions of the type (taken from spirit-specimen) : — 



Head and body tl ram. ; tail 31 ; hind foot 8*2 ; ear G'3. 



Skull : eondylo-incisivc length 15'1 ; greatest breadth 6*8 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 3; length of palate 6 1 ; post- 

 palatal length 7; greatest maxillary breadth 46; median 

 dei)th of brain-case 3'2 ; length of upper tooth-row 6'5. 



Ilab. Uganda (probably Entebbe). 



Type. Adult female (skinned from spirit). B.M. no. 

 9. 7. 14. 1. 



This Uganda pygmy shrew is distinguished from the 

 Somali nana by its smaller skull and more slaty colouring. 



(113) Crocidura pasha y sp. n. 



A very small cinnaraon-coloured species, with a smaller 

 skull than either nana or nanilla. 



Size of iiead and body raeasured as rather larger than in 

 nana ; hind foot 9 nira. in length. Fur quite short, hairs of 

 back only about 2"5 ram. in length. 



Colour of upper parts pale cinnamon mottled with ^vcyy 

 the resulting effect between "wood-brown" and "diab," 

 much browner and less slate-coloured than in nana or 

 nanilla, more as in the larger ivhitakeri from Maroeco. 

 Flanks as brightly coloured as back, sharply contrasting 

 with the pure white belly ; hairs of belly almost uniformly 

 Mhite, only the extreme bases being grfyish, the general 

 t'ff"cct much whiter than in ixana <jr /la/uila. Hacks of hands 

 and feet whitish bufl'. Tail (inclv haired, cinnaiuun-browu 



