Five new African Shrews. 53 
Besides the type, which was obtained by Col. Paget in 
1892, the Museum possesses a second specimen collected in 
the same region by the lamented Prince Ruspoli, who sent it 
with others to the Museo Civico, Genoa, by whose authorities 
it was later presented to the British Museum. 
This species superficially resembles the common European 
C. russula, with which it fairly agrees in size and propor- 
tions, but from which it may be readily distinguished by its 
paler colour and evenly tapering tail. 
Crocidura ( Cr.) silacea, sp. n. 
Size and proportions of C. pilosa, Dobs. Fur close and 
velvety. Colour dark slaty grey above, rather paler beneath. 
Ears not specially hairy or tufted. Fore claws short and 
strongly curved; upper surface of hands and feet brownish 
grey. ‘Tail rather long, slender, not incrassated at base, 
thinly haired, brown above,,slightly paler below. Lateral 
gland not present, at least in the female. 
Skull and dentition not appreciably different from those of 
C. pilosa. 
Dimensions of the type (an adult female, in spirit) :— 
Head and body 65 millim.; tail 44; hind foot 12; forearm 
and hand 16°5; ear from notch 9. 
Skull (of a second specimen from the same locality) : basal 
length 16°6; extreme length (including incisors) 19°5; 
greatest breadth 8°8; palate length 7:7, breadth 5:7; tip of 
i) to tip of B4 4:1, 
Hab. Figtree Creek, De Kaap, Transvaal. Coll. Dr. Percy 
Rendall. 
Type: B.M. 93.11.26.29. 
This species seems to be most nearly allied to C. pilosa, to 
which I assign a specimen from Pretoria, presented to the 
Museum by Mr. W. L. Distant in 1890. It differs, however, 
by its grey instead of brown colour, its paler feet, less hairy 
ears and tail, and by its shorter and more strongly curved 
anterior claws. 
Crocidura (Cr.) Crosset, sp. n. 
Size small, less than in any described West-A frican species 
except C. bicolor, Boc. Colour of body uniform slaty grey 
above and below. Lars very thinly haired, grey. Chin 
white. Upper surface of metapodials grey, of digits white. 
Tail rather long as compared with most species, thin, not 
specially incrassated at base, but neverthelees evenly tapering 
to its tip; its colour grey-brown above, rather paler below ; 
