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Show 2. RniNOLornus d e n t i Thos. 2 in spirit. Zuurbron. Hitherto known only from Kuruman. 3. R h in o lo p h u s a u g u r K. And. J . 1 in spirit. Zuurbron. This specimen is referred to in Mr. Andersen's original description of the species*. 4. H ip p o s id e r o s c a f f e r Sund. 4 in spirit. Zuurbron. 5. Am bly som u s h o t t e n t o t t u s A . Sm. <5 . 767. Zuurbron. This specimen agrees closely with Dr. Smith's type in the British Museum. " Apparently common. Forms runs and mounds similar to Georyckus, but so much smaller as to make these animals very difficult to trap. The specimen sent home took nearly a whole day to dig out."- C. H. B. G. 6. C r o c id u r a f la v e s c e n s Geoff. $ . 691, 697, 709, 711, 712 (2 in spirit). $ . 680, 682, 688, 703. W akkerstroom. S . 758. $ . 751, 754. Zuurbron. " Zulu name in the Transvaal ‘ Ngoso.' Almost exclusively nocturnal. Its favourite habitat is in the stone walls surrounding the farm lands; it is common also in gardens and the thick undergrowth in the bush."- C. H. B. G. 7. M y o s o r e x v a r iu s Smuts. c?. 747, 753. $ . 749, 750, 757, 763, 769, 773. Zuurbron. c?. 716,741. $ . 742 (2 in spirit). Wakkerstroom. Flesh measurements of an adult male -Head and body 85 mm.; tail 43 ; hind foot 14 ; ear 9. On laying out the fine series of Myosorex f obtained from different localities in South Africa during the Rudd Exploration, we find there are two very distinct species, of which one, the true M. varius, is the smaller, grey in colour, with light-coloured feet, and with a comparatively short, well-haired tail, which is brown along the top and light on the sides and below. This species, besides the localities recorded by Sclater, has been found by Mr. Grant at Port Nolloth, in the North-west, Cape Peninsula * Ann. Mag. N . II. (7) xiv. p. 380 (1904). f 16 specimens from the Rudd collection, added to half a dozen old Museum specimens, and seven recently obtained at Estcourt, Natal, by Mr. R. C. Wroughton. 130 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON MAMMALS [Feb. 21, |
