512 Mr. G. Doll man on the African Shretvs 



rt\ Colour dark reddisli brown above and 

 below. 

 a\ Skull longer (24-3-25-1 mm.); tail 

 47-52; tooth-row 10-6-10-7. (Ny- 

 ika Plateau, N. Nj'asa.) 



(26) b. nyikce, subsp. n. 

 y. Skull shorter (23 mm.); tail 57; 

 tooth-row 10'4. (Lakiundu R., 

 B.E.A.) . . (47) t. Inkmndce, Hell. 

 b". Colour above dark reddish brown, be- 

 low grev. 

 n\ Skull longer (25 mm.). (Old Calabar, 



Nigeria.) . . (57) p. soricoides, Murray. 

 b\ Skull shorter (22-9 mm.). (Fer- 

 nando Po.). (56) poensis, Fras. 

 V, Size smaller; hind foot 12-14 mm.; 

 length of skull 21-21*7. Colour yellowish 

 brown above, grey blow. (Cameroons.) 

 (58) p. attila, subsp. n. 

 b"^. Colour above bright cinnamon-buff or dull chestnut, 

 greyish white below, 

 fl'. Tooth-row longer (9-9"8 mm.). 



rt*. Size larger: headend body 83-105 mm.; hind 

 foot 1.3-15. 

 a'. Size larger : skull more than 24 mm. in length. 

 a^. Upper unieuspids normal. 



a^. Colour above rufous cinnamon. (Ma- 



chakos, B.E.A.) (32) hindei, Thos. 

 b"^. Colour above cinnamon speckled with 

 pale grey. (Bahr-el-Abiad.) 



(34) sericea, Sund. 

 b^. Upper unieuspids very narrow. Colour 

 above pale sandy buff. (Lake Chad.) 



(33) hindei diuna, subsp. n. 

 i'. Size smaller : skull less than 24 mm. in length, 

 a®. Colour above cinnamon-brown or grey 



speckled with cinnamon or fawn. * 



a'. Tail longer (51-60 mm.). 

 a". Colour above cinnamon-brown or grey- 

 ish cinnamon. Tooth-row 9-6-10'3. 

 (Tette.) .... (27) /lirtri, Pet. 

 b^. Colour above darker, without grey 

 speckling. Tooth-row^ 9-9*6 mm. 

 (Pondolaud.). (29) h. pondoensis, Tlohexts. 

 c*. Colour above fawn finely speckled with 

 greyish drab. Tooth-row 9*6 mm. 

 (Voi, B.E.A.) (87) xanthijype, Osg. 

 b''. Tail shorter (48-51 mm.). Colour above 

 rich cinnamon-brown, grey speckling 

 almost entirely absent in adult pelage. 

 (Umvolosi, Zululand.) [& Schw. 



(28) h.favidula, Thos. 

 v. Colour dull brownish chestnut. 

 a'. Tail not markedlv incrass-ated at base. 



