;5()2 Mr. G. Dollinan on the African Shrews 



palatal length 10"1 ; greatest maxillary breadth 7*2 ; median 

 tlepth of brain-case 56 ; length of upper tooth-row 10 2. 



Hab. Kotelce, Walamo, Abyssinia. 



Type. Adah female. B.M*. no. 6. 11.1.13. Original 

 nnmber 148. Collected by P. Zaphiro on September 9th, 

 1905, and presented by W. N. McMillan, Esq. 



The darker colour and narrower skull distinguish this 

 form from the Katanga luna. The Machakos race cannot be 

 confused with this Abyssinian form, the hands, feet, and 

 tail being very much darker and the general colour broM'ner 

 and less slaty in umbrosa. 



(70) Crocidura ibeana, sp. n. 



Smaller than luna and more cinnamon-coloured. 



Size of body and hind foot much smaller than in luna or 

 tlie allied forms ; hind foot only 12 mm. in length. 



Colour of upper parts light cinnamon-brown (" pale snuff- 

 brown''' mixed with " dx*ab/' speckled with " mouse-grey ''), 

 very much as in dull specimens of hindei. Flanks greyer, 

 the cinnamon tint gradually fading away and replaced on 

 the ventral surface by light grey, much less slaty than in 

 luna or macmillani. Backs of hands and feet dirty white. 

 Tail fairly long, caudal bristle-hairs short and inconspicuous ; 

 colour above reddish brown, whitish below. 



Skull considerably smaller than in luna, with much 

 smaller teeth ; anterior angles of cranium quite as square. 



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



Head and body 74 ; tail 47 ; hind foot 12 ; ear 10-5. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 20 ; greatest breadth 9*4 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 4'5 ; length of palate 8 ; post- 

 palatal length 9 ; greatest maxillary breadth 6*2 ; median 

 depth of brain-case 4*7; length of upper tooth-row 8*5. 



Hab. Olgerei River, British East Afi'ica. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 12.7.1.68. Original 

 number 114. Collected and presented by A. Blayney 

 Percival, Esq. 



The much smaller size and cinnamon-])r5wn colour 

 separate this form very clearly from the other members of 

 the luna group. 



Group 13 {argentala). 



Rather small-sized species. Colour above gi-ej'ish orpreyisb brown. 



Second and third upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(71) Crocidura argentala, Sund. 

 Sore.r nrr/entatus, Sundevall, K. Vetensk.-Ak. Ilandl. ii. no. 10, p. Ifi 

 (18o8); 



Size less than in hunt. 



