378 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Tliis Thiri race is distinfj^uishcd hoxi\ jacksoni by its darker 

 body-colour, darker extremities and tail, more rouuded brain- 

 case. 



(91) Crocidura macoivi, sp. n. 



Richer in colour than t\i\\eY jackso7ii or liitreola. 



Size of body and hind foot about the same ; tail a little 

 long;er. 



Upper parts dark brown (" mummy-brown " mixed with 

 "raw umber''), the colour passing fairly abruptly into the 

 slate-grey of the belly. Hands and feet rather darker, dirty 

 brown. Tail more hairy than in lutreola, about as in jack- 

 soni, but longer ; dark brown above, a shade paler below. 



Skull smaller than in jacksoni, about equal to that of 

 lutreola, muzzle rather blunt ; anterior coruers of brain-case 

 about as in jacksonl. Second upper unicuspid triangular in 

 transverse section, third rather heavier and squarer in section. 



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



Head and body 71 mm.; tail 58; hind foot 13"5 ; 

 ear 9'5. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 19'7 ; greatest breadth 9 ; 

 least interorbital breadth 4*6 ; length of palate 7*8 ; post- 

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

 depth of brain-case 4"9 ; length of upper tooth-row 8 3. 



Hab. Mt. Nyiro, S. of Lake Rudolf. 



l^ype. Adult male. B.M. no. 12. 7. 1. 65. Original 

 number 393. Collected and presented by A. Blayney 

 Percival, Esq. 



In addition to the type Mr. Percival obtained a second 

 specimen of this iuterestiug little shrew at the same locality ; 

 it agrees very closely with the type in colour and dimensions 

 ( ? . Head and body 68 mm. ; tail 57 ; hind foot 13 ; 

 ear 8*5). 



(92) Crocidura gracilipes. Pet. 

 Crocidura gracilipes, Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, p. 584 (1870). 



Size about as in jacksoni, colour browner without the grey 

 mottling, more as in lutreola, but with the second and third 

 upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



General colour cinnamon-brown (between '' mummy- 

 brown '' and "fuscous''), with none of the silver-grey 

 mottling so evident in jacksoni ; flanks slightly paler and 

 greyer than back. Lateral glands small, marked by short 

 whitish hairs. Underparts grey washed with huffish brown, 



