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¥. Smaller, skull 21 mm. Underside of body 



and tail much lighter than upper Jackaoni. 



h^. Tail practically -without longer bristles, as in 

 Myosorex. 



a^. Skull 21 mm. Colour brown maurisca. 



b. Smaller. Skull below 20 mm. 



«\ Brown. Tail over 45 mm. ; skull 18-2-19-6 . . Hildegardeee. 

 6\ Grey. Tail less than 45 mm.; skull 17'7 .... Cuninghamei. 



Crocidura gracilipes, Peters, C. Fischeri, Pagenst., G. 

 nigrofusca, Matsch., C. sansibarica, Neum., and C. Martiens- 

 setii, Neum., I have not been able to identify. 



The following are the descriptions of the new species : — 



Crocidura Hindei^ sp. n. 



Size fairly large. Fur soft and fine ; hairs of back about 

 5 mm. in length. General colour above pale reddish fawn, 

 below dull buffy white, the colour of the under surface mount- 

 ing rather high up on the sides. Upper surface of hands and 

 feet dull white ; fore and hind claws about equal in size, or 

 the latter rather the larger. Lateral gland present, about 

 halfway along the side. Tail very thick at base, rapidly 

 tapering to a point, light brown above, dull whitish below ; 

 its long bristle-hairs numerous. 



Teeth short and strong ; unicuspids well overlapping each 

 other, the two smaller ones broader than long, notched 

 behind. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) : — 



Head and body (stretched) 95 mm.; tail 50; hind foot 

 (s. u.) 14. 



Skull : condylo-incisive length 24*3 ; greatest breadth 

 10*3 ; length of upper tooth-row 10'6 ; tip of i'^ to tip of «* 

 5-3. 



A spirit-specimen (c?) has the head and body 79 mm. ; 

 tail 59 ; hind foot 14. 



Hah. (of type). Machakos. Alt. 1700 m. 



Type. Female. B.M. no. 1. 8. 7. 2. Collected 6 June 

 1901, and presented by Dr. S. L. Hinde. Two specimens 

 from the type locality, and another, in spirit, obtained by 

 Dr. J. W. Gregory at Karati, Konu Dist., E. Kikuyu. 



Crocidura velutina, sp. n. 



Size rather less than in C. Ilindei. Fur close, very short, 

 the hairs on the back only about 2-5-2-7 mm. in length. 

 General colour above brown (rather greyer than " Prout^s 

 brown''); below grey (near " olive "), the grey not extending 

 high up on the sides, and passing imperceptibly into the brown 

 of the sides. Upper surface of head and feet dull white : 



