ilO I\Ir. Ci. Dollnian on the African Shrews 



c, Sizo lucdiuin : head and body 64-115 mm. ; liind foot 

 11-17 ; length of skull i?l-2G-5 ; tootli-row 8-5-12. 

 n'. Third upper unicuspids larger than second. 

 o', Cieneral coIduv grey. 



n'. Lower surface of body distinctly paler than upper. 

 Tooth-row 10i>. (Lukenya irills, ]5.1<:.A.) 



(81) /. schist (icea, Osg. 

 6'. Lower surface of body only slightly jmler than 



upper. Tooth-row 11. (Mt. Gargues, B.E.A.) 

 (84) raineyi, Hell. 

 b^. General colour brownisli or blackish. 



a'. Third upper unicu'^pids markedly broader than 

 second, 

 flf*. Fur short (5 mm. in length on back) ; third upper 

 unicuspids oyal in transverse section ; tooth- 

 row IU'5. (Chagwe, Uganda.) 



(82) /. selina, subsp. n. 

 h^. Fur long (8 mm. in length on back) ; third ujiper 



unicuspids almost circular in transverse section ; 

 tooth-row 10*9. (Chiromo, Nyasalaud.) 



(83) f. johnstjmi, subsp. n. 

 h^. Third upper unicuspids not yery markedly broader 



than second. 

 «'. Colour aboye sepia-browu mottled with greyish 

 bufif, (Mt. Kenya, B.E.A.) 



(79) fumosu, Tlios. 

 b^. Colour aboye dark slaty black. (Mt. liuwenzori.) 



(80) /. inontis, Thos. 

 b' . Third upper unicuspids about equal in size to second. 



a^. Colour aboye dark brownish or blackish brown. 

 a'. Caudal bristle-hairs yery few in number, restricted 

 to proximal end. Colour dark blackish brown. 

 Tooth-row 12. (Como lliyer, Gaboon.) 



(GO) hatesi, sp. n. 

 I?, Caudal bristle-hairs normal. 

 «^. Tail shorter, 40 mm. or less. 



a^. Colour aboye almost black. Tail 32 mm. in 

 length ; hind foot 12'5. (Angola.) 



(51) t. (nu/olfp, subsp. n. 

 i'. Colour above sepia-browu, speckled with 

 golden buff. Tail 35-40 mm. in length ; 

 hind foot 13. (Gold Coast.) 



(59) J), ixnnela, subsp, n. 

 c". Colour aboye brownish black. Tail 40 mm. 

 in length ; hind foot 15. (Liberia.) 



(9) buttikoferi, Jent. 

 ¥. Tail longer, more than 40 mm. in length. 

 «'. Size larger: head and body 98-115 mm.; 

 length of skull 24-5-26-5; tooth-row 10-6- 

 11-5. 

 a^. (yolour aboye mummy-brown, below greyish 

 brown. Head and body 115 mm. : length 

 of skull 255 ; tooth-row 113. (Kampala, 

 Uganda).... {o2) t. imitesa>,^\e\\. 

 i®. Colour above dark sepia- brown, below 



