belonging to the Oenus CrociJura. 207 



of tlie skull rather like a larger edition of dolichura. 

 ISFaxilhiry breadth as {^rcat as in neavei. Teeth larj^cr and 

 broader than in maurisca, iinieuspids roughly cireular in 

 shape, slightly broader than those of neavei; ciugula fairly 

 prominent. 



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

 Head and body 81 mm. ; tail 53 ; hind foot 15; ear 8'5. 

 The following arc the skin-dimeusions of the other 

 specimens of sylvia in the collection : — 



Head and body. Tail. Hind foot. Ear. 



mm. mm. mm. mm. 



$. Zoutpansborg 84 50 14-5 8 



$. „ .... 78 61 14-7 8 



6. „ .... 76 49 14 8 



6- „ .... 74 64 14-7 8 



6- „ .... 82 60 15 9 



cf. „ .... 81 60 17 8 



d . „ 78 54 15 8 



$. Zululnnd..: 91 58 14 



J . luhambaue 90 07 16 9 



Skull-dimensions of the type and two other specimens 

 from the type-locality : — 



cJ (type). d- 6- 



mm. mm. mm. 



Condylo-incisive length 21-5 22 21-3 



Greatest breadth 91 9-2 9-2 



Least interorbital breadth 43 45 4'6 



Lenirtli of palate SO 9 87 



Postpalatal length 9-9 9'9 9-5 



Greatest maxillary breadth 67 67 63 



Length of upper tooth-row 9-1 9'4 9*2 



Hub. Woodbush, Zoutpansberg District, N.E. Transvaal. 

 Altitude 4500 feet. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 6. 4. 3. 10. 



This species may be distinguished from the other members 

 of this group by its more hairy and rather shorter tail ; 

 its very dark colour separates it from all the equatorial 

 forms, neavei from the Kafuc River being the only species 

 as dark as sylvia. 



The following forms I have been unable to determine : — 



(a) Crocidura feiTuginea, Ileug. 



Crocidura fen'uginea, Heuglin, Nov. Act. Ac. Goes. Leop.-Carol. 

 part i. p. 36 (1865). 



Length of head and body 5" 3'" ; tail 2^". 



