514 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



Colour pale greyish sepia. Tootli-row 11 

 inui. (Panyam, N. Nigeria.) 



(61) foxi, sp. n. 

 V, Anterior corners of brain-case square, not 

 rounded. 

 a' . Colour above pale grey finely speckled 

 with snuil-brown; tail greyish white. 

 (Katanga, S. Congo.) 



(67) luna, Dollm. 

 V. Colour above pale grey washed with dark 

 brown; tail blackish brown. (Machnkos, 



B.E.A.) {(i6) I. umhrusa, subsp. n. 



c". Colour dark slate lightly washed with 

 vaudyke-browu ; tail greyish white. 

 (Walamo, Abyssinia.) 



(69) /. macmillani, subsp. n. 

 &\ Size smaller: head and body 74-85 mm. ; tail 

 45-64 ; hind foot 12-15. 

 a". Tail siiorter (45-52 mm.). 



a'. Anterior corners of brain-case rounded. 

 «". Tooth-row longer (10-6 mm.). (S. of 



Tanganyika.) (73) electa, Dollm. 

 6^ Tooth-row shorter (8-y-9-4 mm.). 

 (Roodeval, S. Africa.) 



(71) argentata, Sund. 

 IP. Anterior corners of braiu-case square. 



Colour above light cinnamon over grey. 

 (Olgerei K., B.E.A.) 



(70) ibecma, sp. n. 

 i". Tail longer (58-64 mm.). Colour above 

 dull greyish brown, below grey. (Cape.) 

 (74) martensi, Dobs. 

 h\ Last upper molar very small. 



ff'. Skull flattened. Colour above pale hair-brown 

 over grey. Tail 54 mm. iu length. (Angola.) 

 (63) erica, sp. n. 

 6'. Skull not flattened. Colour above cinnamon- 

 brown over grey. Tail 49 mm. in length. 

 (Kabwir, N. Nigeria.) (62) arethusa, sp. n. 

 Ir". Colour very dark slate-grey. (S. Africa.) 



(72) cyanea, Duv. 

 c'. Third upper uuicuspids smaller than second. 



d^. Colour above dark blackish brown. 



a*. Tail longer (65 mm.); hind foot 15-16. Ventral 

 surface dull brownish grey. (W. of Semliki, 



Congo.) (66) nigrofusca, Matsch. 



b^. Tail shorter (52 mm.) ; hind foot 12. Ventral sur- 

 face grey. (Angola.) . . (65) nigricans, Boc. 

 i^. Colour above light grey washed with pale nmmmj^- 

 brown ; ventral surface whitish. (Titebbi, Welle 



River.) (64) boydi, sp. o. 



d. Size small : head and body 63-86 mm. ; hind foot 11-13-6 ; 

 length of skull 18-5-21-1; tooth-row 7-5-9-4. 

 a. Tail shorter (40 mm. or less). 



«'■*. Size larger (head and body 84-86 mm.). 



