Shrews from British East Africa. 239 



hairs of back about 4*5 mm. in length. General colour above 

 dark smoky grey, indistinctly waved with a silvery lustre, 

 the rump not darker than the back. Under surface " smoke- 

 grey " of Kidgway, markedly lighter than the upper surface. 

 Short hairs of lateral gland whitish. Upperside of hands 

 and feet dull whitish. Tail well haired, with many bristles, 

 dark slaty above, dull white below. 



Skull smaller than that of G. fttmosa, the teeth stout and 

 strong. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body (stretched) 73 mm.; tail 51; hind foot 

 (moistened) 13. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 21*1; greatest breadth 9"1 ; 

 upper tooth-row 9*1 ; i^ to ^/ 4*7. 



Uab. Ravine Station, British E. Africa. 



T7/pe. Female. B.M. no. 99. 8. 4. 27. Collected 17 

 February, 1896, and presented by F. J. Jackson. Four 

 specimens. 



This shrew is a smaller edition of C. fumosa, of about the 

 same proportions, and with the underside of both body and tail 

 lighter than the upper. 



Crocidura maurisca, sp. n. 



Size about as in C. fumosa. Fur close, crisp, and velvety ; 

 hairs of back about 4*8 mm. in length. General colour above 

 dull chocolate-brown (approaching " seal-brown ^' of Ridg- 

 way) ; under surface but little lighter. Hands and feet dull 

 brown above, the fore and hind claws subequal. A large 

 lateral gland probably present in the male. Tail slender, 

 cylindrical, closely haired, without longer bristles, except that 

 there are two or three at its extreme base. 



Skull very light and delicate, the brain-case high in pro- 

 portion to its breadth. 



Teeth small, the upper unicuspids scarcely overlapping ; 

 their cingula unusually prominent ; anterior muzzle slender. 

 Upper incisors very narrow when viewed from above ; small 

 unicuspids longer than broad, oval in section, not notched 

 behind. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in spirit before skinning); — 



Head and body 75 mm. ; tail 60 ; hind foot 14*4. 



Skull: condylo-incisive length 20"7 ; greatest breadth 9'2 ; 

 upper tooth-row 9"1 ; i^ to p'^ 4:'8. 



Uab. Entebbe, Uganda. 



T7/pe. Female. B.M. no. 1. 8. 9. 99. Collected by the 

 late W. G. Doggett and presented by Sir Harry Johnston. 

 One specimen. 



This shrew is distinguishable by its dark brown colour, 



