1906.] MAMMALS FROM XORTH-EAST TRANSVAAL. 587 



Skull (damaged) — nasals, length 15 ; length of upper tooth-row 

 20-2, of lower tooth-row 18-8. 



Hah. "Woodbush, x^orth-eastern Transvaal. 



Type. Female. B.M. no. 6.4.3.2. Original number 1137. 

 Collected 17 May, 1905. 



This subspecies can be easily distinguished from the typical one 

 by its much lighter- coloured tail and by the absence of a tuft. 



" Basuto name ' Umsiti.' 



" This species is undoubtedly very rare on the high veldt." — 

 C.H.B. G. 



24. Crocidura argbntata Sund. 



c^. 1186. 



" Basuto name ' Mezitri.' 



" This species was not observed in the low country, and the 

 specimen sent home was the only one seen." — C. H. B. G. 



25. CrOCIBURA SYLVIA, sp. n. 



c?. 1114, 1134, 1143, 1148, 1153, 1156, 1199, 1200, 1210. 

 $. 1203, 1352. 



A dark-coloured Shrew, probably allied to G.fumosa Thos., but 

 with a less hairy tail and narrower skull. 



Fur long and velvety, about 6 mm. in length on the middle of 

 back. General colour of upper surface between "seal-brown" 

 and "clove-brown," darker on the rump. Under surface paler 

 and browner. Hands and feet brown. Tail more than half the 

 length of head and body, not incrassated ; bristle-hairs pi'esent 

 only at the base, much fewer than in famosa ; dark brown, 

 almost black, above and below. 



Skull finer, narrower, and more slenderly built than in fumosa, 

 but i' stronger and larger. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 81 mm. ; tail 43 ; hind foot 15 ; ear 8"5. 



Skull — condylo-incisive length 21 '5 mm.; basal length 19*5; 

 greatest breadth 9*0 ; length of upper tooth-row 9'0 ; i' to 

 p* 4-8. 



Hab. Woodbush, Zoutpansberg District. Alt. 4500 ft. 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 6.4.3.10. Original number 1200. 

 Collected 14 June, 1905. 



This species may be distinguished from any other South- 

 African Crocidura by its very dark colour and the scarcity of the 

 bristle-hairs on the tail — characters that might lead to its con- 

 fusion with Myosorex sclateri unless a comparison of the skulls 

 were made. 



" Very common on the high veldt, not observed in the low 

 country. Inhabits vleis and thick grass by the river-banks " 

 — C. H. B. G. 



26. Crocidura sp. 

 S. 1147. 



