5G2 ]\Ii'. G. Dollman on the African S/ireics 



laro-er and tlie brain-case more swollen. Male skull de- 

 cidedly larger than that of the female. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the spirit-speci- 

 men) : — 



Forearm 64 mm. 



Head and body 71; tail 23; ear 17; third finger, meta- 

 carpal 58; first phalanx 21'5 ; lower leg and hind foot 

 (c. u.) 39; hind foot only 13*5. 



Slcull : greatest length to base of canine 20*2 ; condyle to 

 front of canine 19*7; interorbital breadth 6'1 ; breadth of 

 brain-case 10; palato-sinual length 6"5 ; maxillary tooth- 

 row 8" 8. 



Nab. Upper Nile. Type from Mongalla, just nor»h of 

 Lado; other specimens from Khartoum {Major H.N. Dunn) 

 and Lake No [Willoughhy Loioe). 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 2.7.4.2. Collected and 

 presented by VV. L. S. Loat, Esq. 



Tins species is distinguishable from T. perforatus by its 

 larger feet, more swollen brain-case, and whitened wing- 

 membranes; from 2'. Jiildegardece by its smaller size, the 

 absence of any gular beard, and generally darker colour. 



L. — Chi the African Shrews belonging to the Genus 

 Crocidura.— II. By Guy Dollman. 



[Continued from p. 527.] 



Group 4 {heiJenhorgiona and nyanso'). 



Size very large or large. Colour above deep eliocolate-bro"\vn, reddish 

 brown, or pale buffy drab ; ventral ."surface dark brownish or grey, 

 never verv distinctly marked oft' from the brown-tinted flank.s; tail 

 not sharply bicolor, lower side generally only a little paler than 

 upper. Second and third upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(10) Crocidura anchietce, Boc. 

 Crocidura attchiet<s, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Li.sb. p. 26 (1889). 



About equal to occidentalis in size^ but with shorter, less 

 tapering tail and lighter underparts. 



Colour above (from spirit-specimens) dark reddish brown, 

 rather paler and greyer on the flanks ; the lighter under- 

 ])arts not distinctly marked off from the brownish tint of 

 the dorsal surface. Belly slate-grey washed with silvery 

 cream, lighter than in occidentalis, but not as pale as iu 



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