440 Dr. A. Smith's Contrihutions to the 



throughout a deep slate hue. This species is not of quite so robust a 

 form as the Bathyergus Capensis, which it resembles otherwise in point 

 of size; nor has it the variegations about the head which the latter at all 

 stages of its growth more or less exhibits. Inhabits various parts of South 

 Africa, but is much less frequent than the other species just mentioned. 

 Like it, the present frequents gardens, and proves very destructive to 

 bulbous roots, which it searches for, both by burrowing under ground, 

 and digging from the surface. 



Lepus rufinucha. Kleine Klip Haas of the Colonists. 



L. suprd griseo-fuscescens nigro inspersus, subtus alhus, nuchd rnfd; 

 caudd suprd nigra, subtiis alhd. 



Above grayish brown, thinly mottled with black, beneath white ; an- 

 terior extremities reddish brown, posterior of the same colour as the back 

 without, but on the inner and anterior aspects pure white ; tip of nose 

 and a narrow space round the eyes white, also a line of the same colour, 

 but less bright, descends on eaeh side of the neck from the hinder part 

 of the ear to the chin, which is most distinct when the head is closely 

 retracted to the shoulders. Centre of face with a considerable tinge of 

 reddish brown, ears long, erect, and with rounded tips, without thinly 

 covered with hair of the same colour as that of the back, within with a 

 fine white down, through which is distinctly seen the natural colour of 

 the skin ; nape of neck a light rufous or chesnut hue, with the hair 

 parted in the middle, and directed towards the sides, thereby exhibiting 

 an appearance like that displayed by the feathers on the breasts of many 

 water-fowls. Length from nose to root of tail, fourteen inches; length of 

 tail, nearly two inches ; height about six inches. Inhabits rocky and 

 mountainous situations in South Africa. 



Perhaps this may be the Lepus saxatilis of F. Cuvier, which is too 

 concisely described in the translation of " The Animal Kingdom," to 

 permit its being recognised. 



Phocaena Homeii, mihi. 



P. suprh nigra pura, capitis corporisque laterihus nigricante et albo 



variegatis ; dentibus supra utrinque qnadraginta, infra sex et triginta; 



posteriori pinncB dorsalis margine falcato. 



