570 Mr. G. Dollman on the African Shrews 



(17) Crocidara nyansa tatiana, subsp. n. 



Smaller than nyanscE, witli considerably smaller and 

 shorter skull. 



Size of body less than in the other members of this 

 group ; tail fairly long. 



In colour very much as in nyansa, dorsal surface liver- 

 brown (near " Front's brown '■') ; flanks slightly paler, the 

 brown tint gradually passing into the greyish buft' of the 

 ventral surface. Backs of hands and feet brownish buff. 

 Tail blackish brown above and below, quite as in nyansce^ 

 but rather shorter. 



Skull considerably smaller, with much narrower cranium 

 and smaller teeth. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 100 mm. ; tail Q7 ; hind foot 18 ; 

 ear 12. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 26*9 ; greatest breadth 11 

 least interorbital breadth 5*8 ; length of palate ITo 

 postpalatal length 12*1 ; greatest maxillary breadth 8*7 

 length of upper tooth-row 12'3. 



Hab. j\It. Gargues (sometimes spelt " Urguess "), north 

 of the Mweru District, British East Africa. Altitude 

 7000 feet. 



Type. Old female. B.jM. no. 12, 7. 1. 55. Original num- 

 ber 006. Collected on July 31&t, 1911, by A. Blayney 

 Percival, Esq., and presented by him to the British Museum. 



This Guargues race of nyansce is easily distiuguished from 

 the allied forms by its smaller size, a feature very evident 

 when the skulls are examined. 



(18) Crocidura nyansce zuleika, subsp. n. 



Allied to nyansce, but with larger teeth and darker in 

 colour. 



General proportions of body about as in nyansce ; tail 

 longer. 



Colour of dorsal surface dull chocolate-brown (" warm 

 sepia" mixed with "blackish brown (1)"), rather darker 

 than in n. kivu. Flanks as dark as back. Ventral surface 

 slate-grey washed with brownish buff"; hairs of belly with 

 pale slaty bases and long brownish-buff tips. Backs of 

 hands and feet brownish. Tail very long, covered with 

 short dark hairs above and below. 



Skull (occipital region broken) large and heavy, with 

 large teeth and broad maxillary region. 



