264 MESSES. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON [Apr. 18, 



Skull — back of condyle to front face of i^ 24*5 ; basal length 

 19*8; breadth across brain-case 11*5; length of upper tooth- 

 series 10. 



Hah. Sibudeni, Zululand. Alt. 1700 m. 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 4.1.5.25. Original number 641. Col- 

 lected 17 December, 1903. Eight specimens examined. 



14. Myosorex varius Smuts. 



$. 665. Sibudeni. 



c? . 806, 815 (1 in spirit). Umvolosi. 



" Zulu name ' Cwinini.' 



" They are common every whei-e, inhabiting the thick grass and 

 undergrowth along the spruits, in the vleys and at the edge of the 

 bush, also in the bush itself, especially under fallen trees. They 

 apparently live on the surface of the ground and do not burrow. 

 They feed principallv on small insects and are both nocturnal and 

 diurnal."— C. H. B. G. 



A specimen collected at Umvolosi, B.M. no, 4.12.3.22, appears 

 to represent a species allied to M. tenuis, but w^e are unable to 

 decide definitely as it lacks its skull. 



15. Orooidura martensi Dobs. 



6 . 817. $ . 831 (2 in spirit). Umvolosi. 



c? . 909 (1 in spirit). Ngoye Hills. 

 "Zulu name ' I^goso.' 



" Habits probably similar to G. flavescens. Not by any means 

 common." — 0. H. B. G. 



16. Orocidura flavescens Geoff. 

 (^ ._ 892. $ . 894. Ngoye Hills. 



This series agrees very well with the specimens we considei- 

 typical oi flavescens Geoff., which is not the case with the series 

 from Umvolosi. 



" Zulu name ' ISTgoso.' Common. Inhabits the cultivated and 

 deserted native lands, the thick undei-growth in the vleys and on 

 the banks of streams. Entirely nocturnal." — C. H. B. G. 



17. Crocidura flavescens flavidula, subsp. n. 



S. 860, 861, 870. § . 830, 866, 869. Umvolosi. 



Size smaller than in true flavescens. Colour throughout as in 

 that animal, the tone, pei'haps, slightly warmer. 



Upper surface rather lighter than " Mars brown " (Ridgway) ; 

 under sui-face smoke- grey, freqiiently with a yellowish suffusion. 

 Interramia and wrists indistinctly white in several specimens. Old 

 males with a well-developed lateral gland, the hair covering it 

 conspicuously whiter than the surrounding pelage. 



Skull and teeth much smaller and more delicately built than in 

 true flavescens, the difference in size being very marked in the 

 molar teeth ; m" in the type oi flavidula is only 2 '6 mm. in breadth, 

 while it is 3-2 mm. in the case of the larser form. 



