368 Mr. G. DoUman on the African Shrews 



Group 14 (j)i/osa). 



Size medium small. Colour dark brown; fur very long; extremities 

 aud tail clothed with short, coarse, black hairs. Second and third 

 upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(78) Crocidura pilosa, Dobs. 



Crocidura pilosa, Dobson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. vi. p. 496 

 (1890). 



A dark brown, medium small-sized species, with hairy tail. 



Fur long, hairs on back measuring from 6 to 7 mm. in 

 length. 



Colour (from spirit-specimens) dark brown, slightly ])aler 

 below. Backs of hands aud feet blackish brown. Tail 

 thickly covered with short, coarse, brownish-black hairs, 

 rather paler on the lower side ; bristle-hairs slender and 

 numerous, densely packed together over basal two-thirds, 

 brown in colour. 



Skull smaller than that of martensi or argentata, with 

 smaller teeth. 



Dimensions of the type (as given by Dobson) : — 



Head and body GO mm. ; tail 48 ; hind foot 13'5 ; ear 7"5. 



Skull : length 20 ; greatest breadth 9 ; length of upper 

 tooth-row 8. 



Dimensions of two spirit-specimens in the Museum 

 Collection : — 



Head and body, 

 mm. 



J . Transvaal 59 



$. M 69 



Skulls (broken) : least interorbital breadth 4, 4*2; length 

 of palate 8, 8*5 ; greatest maxillary breadth 5'8, 5'9 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 8'5, 8'9. 



Hub. Transvaal. 



The chief distinguishing characters of this species are the 

 long fur, the dark brown colouring, and the short, blackish, 

 coarse hairs on the tail. 



Group 15 {fuynosa). 



Size medium. Colour above dark brown, grey, or blackish. 

 Third upper unicuspids broader than second. 



(79) Crocidura fumos a, Thos. 



Crocidura fumosa, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vol. xiv. p. 238 

 (1904). 



Rather smaller than turha, with flatter, more delicately 

 built &kull. 



