belonging to the Genus Crociclura. 79 



A. Blayiiey Percival, Esq., and presented by liim to tlic 

 British ]\Iuseum. 



Tlie much darker and duller colourin<^ and smaller-sized 

 skull separate this shrew from the Machakos hiudei. 



(36) Crocidura velutina, Thos. . 



Crocirhira velutina, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vol. xiv. p. 237 

 (1904). 



Size rather smaller than in hindei, but considerably larger 

 than hildegardece. Fur quite short, the hairs on the back 

 2*5-3"5 mm. in length. Colour above dull coftee-browu 

 (between "mummy-brown" and "Front's brown ^'), the 

 hairs almost entirely brown, only the extreme basal portions 

 slate-coloured. Brown tint on flanks passing fairly abruptly 

 into the silver-grey of the ventral surface, but line of demar- 

 cation le?s marked than in hindei ; belly rather greyer, less 

 white. Backs of hands and feet dirty white. Tail brown 

 above, a trifle paler below, not sharply as bicoloured as in 

 hindei ; bristle-hairs short and slender. 



Skull in general shape very like that of hindei. Teeth 

 about equal in size, the second upper unicuspid appearing 

 rather smaller in transverse section than the third. 



Dimensions of the type (measured from dry skin) : — 



Head and body 83 mm. ; tail 47 ; hind foot 14. 



Skull (occipital region broken) ; length of palate 9*8 ; 

 greatest breadth 9 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7*4 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 10" 1. 



Hab. Usambara, German East Africa. 



Type. Adult. B.M. no. 99. 6. 25. 1. 



The chief characters which serve to distinguish this shrew 

 from hindei are its duller colour, darker extremities and tail, 

 and the rather smaller size of the second upper unicuspids. 



(37) Crocidura luirella, Hell. 



Crocidura lutrella, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. Ivi. no. 15, p. 4 

 (1910). 



Smaller than velutina, with dorsal and ventral surfaces 

 sharply contrasted. 



Colour of upper parts described as " light broccoli-brown, 

 this colour descending on the sides unchanged.'' Under- 

 parts " from level of mouth and underside of tail light 

 greyish bufiV' in marked contrast to the darker dorsal 



