helonginrj to the Genus Crocidur.i. 571 



Dimensions of tho type : — 



Head and body l^o'mui. ; tail 80; hind foot 21 '5. 



Skull : lcn}i;tli of palate 11 ; least interorbital breadth 0*3 ; 

 greatest maxillary l)rL'adth lO'o ; length of upper tooth- 

 row 11-8. 



Hub. Chirinda Forest, Melsettcr District, S. Riiodcsia. 



Type. Adult. B.M. no. 8. 7. 19. 20. Original number 26. 

 Collected and presented by C. F. M. Swynnerton, Esq. 



In general colour this form most resembles kivu, from 

 which it is at once distinguished by its larger teeth. 



(19) Crocidura nyansce hera, subsp. n. 



Closely allied to the foregoing form, but smaller in size, 

 rather paler ou the ventral surface, and with eonsideraljly 

 smaller teeth. 



iSize of body, hind foot, and tail less than in zuleika. 



General colour of dorsal surface dark chocolate-brown, 

 rather less russet in tint than in the Khodesian race, between 

 " clove-browu " and " Prout's brown.^* Ventral surface 

 pale slate-grey washed with pinkish buff, the effect lighter 

 and less brown than in zuleika. Backs of hands and. feet 

 dirty white. Tail shorter and a trifle paler in colour. 



Skull considerably smaller and narrower, more approaching 

 that of flavescens in size. Brain-case and maxillary region 

 narrow. Teeth small, especially the second and third upper 

 unicuspids. 



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



Head and body 105 mm.; tail 05; hind foot 18; 

 car 11. 



Skull: eondylo-incisive length 28'8; greatest breadth IT?; 

 least interorbital breadth 5*8 ; length of i)alate 12'5 ; post- 

 palatal length 12'5 ; greatest maxillary breadth 8'8 ; length 

 of upper tooth-row 1.3'1. 



JIaO. Shire Highlands, Blantyre District, Southern Nyasa- 

 laud. Altitude 30U0 feet. 



Ti/}je. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 3. 2G. 4. Original 

 number 4. Collected and presented by R. L. Harger, Esq. 



The general colour of this race is very near that of 

 zuleika ; the chief distinguishing difference is in size, espe- 

 cially of the skull and teeth, hera possessing a much smaller 

 skull, with smaller teeth. 



(20) Crocidura swum, Hell. 

 T, Heller, Smith. Misc. CoLL v 



Colour very much paler than in nyansoi. 



Crocidura surura, Heller, Smith. Misc. CoLL vol. hi. no. 15, p. 2 

 (1010). 



