On the African S^irews helon(j'inij to Crocidura. 'jOT 



niar<xin nn;;iilaily aubrotiiiulato, tlie j)oatcri<)r inar;;iii inoi-'" 

 aiii;;ulately subcoiicave, about twice as broad as long, ocelli 

 near base and on tlie latfial margins of the central lobe ; 

 faco globose, projecting, longer than broad, clypeus short 

 and liroad ; pronotnni conv(*x, con.sideraljly broader than 

 long, the anterior margin convex, tho po.stericn' margin pro- 

 I'onndiy eoncavely sinuate, the lateral margins nKxh'ratdy 

 oblique, slightly concave near base ; scutelluin considerably 

 longer than broad, the apex acute, the lateral margins 

 straightly oblique ; tfgmini more than twice as long as 

 broail, about Ixisal tvvi>-thirds coriaceous and conrsely punc- 

 tate, apical area subhyalinc, the apices broadly rounded, 

 sulxipical cells three, tho innermost small ; posterior tibije 

 with two strong spines, posterior tarsi robust, the basal joint 

 longest. 



Allied to the Australian genus Iliwhla {—Carysliis, nom. 

 prwoce.), but difF(M-s by the totally ditFerent structure of the 

 iace and the shorter and a[)ically bioader togmina. 



IJ'indoloides indicana^ sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutelluin, body beneath, and legs ochra- 

 ccous ; tegmina with nearly basal two-thinls ochraceous, 

 renuiinder dull subhyaline ; eyes bhick, with two large black 

 spots on face between them ; meso- and metasterna sometimes 

 spotted with black, but this is not a constant character ; 

 structural ciiaracters as in generic diagnosis. 



Long., inch tegni., liJr— i nun. 



Ilab. Calcutta, on Zizijphus jujuha. 



XLV. — On the African Shrews helo)i(jin(j to the Genus 

 Crocidura. By Uuv Dollma.v. 



(Published by permLssion of tlie Trustees of tbe British Museum.) 



Thk following i)ai)cr deals with the African members of the 

 genus ('rocidiira. The forms russu/a, r. niaurilanica, and 

 irhi/akeri are not included, since they belong more to the 

 Euro[)can fauna than to the African. 



It has not been found possible to prci)arc a thoroughly 

 sound key ; in the groups " medium-sized " and " small- 

 sized '' a certain amount of overlapping exists, a few of the 

 small-sized s[)ecics possessing cither body or cranial dimen- 

 sions which make it impossible to draw any definite line of 

 distinetion between the two grou[)s. 



