THREE NEW AFRICAN SHREWS OF THE GENUS 

 CROCIDURA 



By N. HOLLISTER 



Since the publication of IVIr. Gny Dollman's syno])sis of the 

 African shrews of the genus Crocidiiro/ the East African specimens 

 of this group contained in the United States National Museum, over 

 500 in number, have been critically examined. Three hitherto 

 unnamed forms have been found in this collection. Of these, one 

 was collected by the Smithsonian African Expedition, 1910; one by 

 the Rainey African Expedition, 1912; and one was sent to the 

 museum by Mr. H. J. A. Turner, of Nairobi. 



CROCIDURA DAPHNIA, sp. nov. 



Type from Gondokoro, Uganda. U. S. National Museum No. 

 164898, skin and skull of adult $ (teeth moderately worn). Col- 

 lected February 19, 1910, by J. Alden Loring. Orig. No. 9009. 



Description. — Like specimens of the brown phase of Crocidiira 

 nyanscc Neumann, but somewhat paler in color, the sides especially 

 paler, and line of demarcation between color of upperparts and under- 

 parts more sharply drawn. Upperparts grayish bufTy-brown or drab 

 buff, with a pale cinnamon wash ; sides paler, wnth a mere bufify 

 wash ; hairs of side glands almost white ; underparts yellowish bufif, 

 the chin, throat, and patches of new pelage bufify white ; feet bufify- 

 brown ; tail blackish-brown above, lighter below, the hairs on basal 

 third below whitish bufif. The tail is closely haired and has many 

 longer bristles on basal two-thirds. Skull and teeth essentially as 

 in nyans(c, and size as in that form. 



Measurements of type. — Head and body, 142 millimeters ; tail 

 vertebrae, 79; hind foot, dry without claws, 19. Skull (braincase 

 broken): maxillary breadth, 9.4; palatal length, 12.8; length of 

 mandible, 15.5; upper tooth row, entire, 13.6. 



Remarks. — This new shrew is probably a connecting link between 

 Crocidura nyanscc Neumann and C. doriana Dobson. It is the 



' Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.. Ser. 8, Vol. 15, PP- 508-527. May ; pp. 562-575, 

 June, 1915; \'ol. 16, pp. 66-80, July; pp. 124-146, August: pp. 357-38o, October; 

 pp. 506-514, December, 1915: and Vol. 17, pp. 188-209. February. 1916. 



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