208 On (he African Shrexos helonglng to Croclduia. 



Hah. '' Laiulc dcr Ridj-Xcj^cr," Baliv-cl-Gliazal. 



The description is extremely vague, the author not being 

 quite eertain as to uhether tlierc are three or more u|)[)er 

 unieuspids. If tlic specimen was really a Crocidura it is 

 l)ossible i\\&t feiruginea is a member of the nyansce or doriana 

 groups. 



(b) Crocidura fitsco-niurinci, Heug. 



Sorex fitsco-nm7-mus, Heuglin, Nov. Act. Ac. Cses. Leop.-Carol. part i. 

 p. 36 (1865). 



Smaller than sericea, but not as small as in the nana 

 group; length of head and body 2" 2'" ; tail 1" 9^'". 



" Supra nitide fusco-muriuus, subtus pallidior, magis 

 cinerasccus ; mento labiisque obsolete albis ; auriculis 

 majuseulis, latis^ rotundatis . . ." 



Hub. ]\Icslira el Req, 13ahr-el-Ghazal. 



This species is probably allied to butleri, from which it is 

 easily distinguished by its general dimensions. 



(c) Crocidura viarius, Is. Geoff. 

 Sorex viarius, Is. Geoffroy, Voj. Bt5l.,Zoul. p. 127 (1834). 



A small species ; the only Senegalese shrew of similar 

 size in the Museum Collection is a L'achijura. 



" Pelage d'un roux giisatre en dessus, d'un cendre clair 

 en dessous. Oreilles grandes, non cachees dans les poils. 

 Queue un peu comprimde dans sa premiere portion, arrondie 

 vers son extremite, garnie de longues soies elair-semees, 

 dirigees en arriere. Longueur du corps et de la tete, un 

 pen plus de 3 pouces; longueur de la queue, 2 pouces." 



Hab. Senegal. 



(d) Crocidura infumata^ Wag. 



Sorex infumatus, Wagner, Schreb. Saug. Suppl. ii. p. 76 (1841). 



From the dimensions and colour it seems most probable 

 that infumata is related to the hirta group, possibly to 

 Jlavidula or pondoensis. 



Length of head and body 3" 1'" ; tail 1" 9^'". 



Hab. Cape. 



(e) Crocidura fulvaster, Sund. 



S'jrex fulvaster, Sundevall, Vet. Akad. Handl. Stock, pp. 172 & 178 

 (1842). 



This form is described as " palide griseo-f ulvescens, subtus 

 cinereo-albus, dentibus intermediis supra 3 ; secuudo tertio- 

 que aqualibus.'^ 



