&3't MB. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON" MAMMALS [DeC. l4, 



f-i. In spirit. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. 



j, Jc. Zoraba, Aug." 1896, and 6 Feb., 1897. 



l-n. Mt. Malosa^, 22-26 Nov., 1896. 



0. Mt. Milanji, 27 Nov., 1896. 



Medium-sized Shrews, allied to C. hirta and 0. annellata, Peters. 



17. Ceociuuea (Ce.), sp. inc. 

 a. Nyika Plateau, June 1896. 



A small species, allied to C. silacea, Thos. 



A specimen of this same Shrew was sent from Zomba by 

 Mr. Whyte in 1891. 



18. Ceociduea (Pachyttea) lixa, sp. n. 



a. c? . In spirit, Nyika Plateau. Tiipe. (No. 97. 10. 1. 62). 



h. 5 . In spirit. " N. Nyasa, Nyikix or Masukii." 



A small Paehi/ura with tail of medium length, the second uni- 

 cuspid smaller than the third. 



Size about the same as in the last species. General colour 

 pale greyish, but spirit-s]iecimens only examined. Belly-hairs slaty 

 basally, white terminally. lateral gland well developed in male, 

 small in female, just level with the wrist v^hen the arm is laid 

 backwards. Upper surface of hands and feet ^^•hite. Tail longer 

 than the body without the head, pale brownish above, white below, 

 the usual long hairs distinct. 



Anterior upper incisor rather short, well hooked, its posterior 

 cusp about half the height of the second incisor, the anterior uni- 

 cuspid. Third iinicuspid decidedly larger than the second, which 

 is unusually small, but little larger than the well-developed foui-th ^ 



Dimensions of the type, an adult male in spirit : — 



Head and body 67 mm. ; tail 51 ; hind foot 12. 



Skull : basal length ]7'2 ; greatest length including teeth 20-1 ; 

 greatest breadth anteriorly 6-2, posteriorly 8-7 ; iuterorbital 

 breadth 4-4; palate length from gnathion S'l. 



Specimen b, 2 > has its head and body 64 mm. ; tail 50 and 

 hind foot 12 mm. 



19. MyOSOEEX (?) SOBELLA, sp. n. 



a. d. In spirit, Masuku Plateau, 6000 ft. Ty/^e (No. 97. 

 10. 1. 64). 



A small Shrew with a very long tail ; number and proportions 

 of teeth as in C. (Pachyura) lixa. 



Size very small, scarcely larger than in C. varilla. Porm slender. 



General colour above dull slaty grey, so far as can be made out 

 in the spirit-specimen ; under surface, at least on chest, huffy 

 white, the bases of the hairs slate. Hands and feet very slender, 

 their upper surfaces pale brown. Lateral gland iudistinguishable. 

 Tail exceedingly long for a Shrew, nearly half as long again as the 



^ The relative proportions of the unieuspids are not unlike those of C. dayi, 

 as figured by Dobaon, Mon. Insect, pi. xxviii. fig. 6. 



