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Show 930 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON MAMMALS [Dec. 14, f-i. In spirit. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. ,/, le. Zomba, Aug. 1896, and 6 Feb., 1897. Z-w. Mt. Malosa, 22-26 Nov., 1896. o. Mt, Milanji, 27 Nov., 1896. Medium-sized Shrews, allied to C. hlrta and C. annellata, Peters. 17. CROCLDURA (CR.), sp. inc. a. Nyika Plateau, June 1896. A small species, allied to C. sllacea, Thos. A specimen of this same Shrew was sent from Zomba by Mr. Whyte in 1894. 18. CROCLDURA (PACHYURA) LIXA, sp. n. a. cS • Iu spirit, Nyika Plateau. Type (No. 97. 10. 1. 62). b. 5 . In spirit. " N. Nyasa, Nyika or Masuku." A small Puchyura with tail of medium length, the second uui-cuspid smaller than the third. Size about the same as in the last species. General colour pale greyish, but spirit-specimens only examined. Belly-hairs slaty basally, white terminally. Lateral gland well developed in male, small in female, just level with the wrist when the arm is laid backwards. Upper surface of hands and feet white. 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 nnicuspid decidedly larger than the second, which is unusually small, but little larger than the well-developed fourthl. Dimensions of the type, an adult male iu spirit:- Head and body 67 mm.; tail 51; hind foot 12. Skull: basal length 17*2 ; greatest length including teeth 20*1; greatest breadth anteriorly 6'2, posteriorly 8*7; interorbital breadth 4*4; palate length from gnathion 8*1. Specimen b, $ , has its head and body 64 mm.; tail 50 and hind foot 12 mm. 19. MYOSOREX (?) SORELLA, sp. n. a. S . In spirit, Masuku Plateau, 6000 ft. Type (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. Form slender. General colour above dull slaty grey, so far as can be made out in the spirit-specimen ; under surface, at least on chest, buffy white, the bases of the hairs slate. Hands and feet very slender, their upper surfaces pale brown. Lateral gland indistinguishable. Tail exceedingly long for a Shrew, nearly half as long again as the 1 The relative proportions of the unicuspids are not unlike those of C. dayi, as figured by Dobson, Mon. Insect, pl. xxviii. fig. 6. |
