172 Hkport 8. a. a. Adv.wckmext of Science. 



ears, longer metacarpals and phalanges of wing and shorter tail serve 

 to separate it from R. caj)ensii<. 



The Rhodesia Museum possesses five skins and skulls and eight 

 spirit specimens from near Bulawayo, and f<nir spirit specimens from 

 the Mazeppa mine, Gwanda. The former examples were taken from a 

 colony living in a cave in the granite kopjes at Hillside about four 

 miles from the town. They were f(jund all huddled together hanging 

 from the roof, and made a shrill squeaking cry when handled. 



Ckeotis percivali, Thos. 

 (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. viii, p. 28, 1901.) 



This rare little bat, which has hitherto only been recorded from 

 the original locality in British East Africa, has recently been obtained 

 at Gwanda by Mr. R. O. Carruthers, who kindly presented two 

 examples to the Rhodesia Museum, one of which has been sent to the 

 British Museum. 



The example in the Rhodesia Museum is a young female preserved 

 in alcohol. Tt measures : head and body, 28 uini. : tail (from anus), 21 ; 

 ear, 7. 



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Head of Uluufl-; itrycinili. I'wic-e iiatuial size. 



Elejjhantnlus rap<'strii< )ti/jur>is, Tlios. and Scliw. 



(Pror. ZooL Soc, 1906, }). 58G.) 



It may be necessary to point out that the elephant shrews, 

 foi-merly included in the genus Macroscelides, have been separated by 

 Mr. O. Tliomas into three genera, a key to which he gives as follows: — 



A. ]jOwer molars two 



(a) Bulla? much enlarged. — Macroscelides. 



(h) Bulla? normal, not specially enlarged. — Elej/hautnlns. 



B. Lower molars three in number, a small cylindrical m.^ being 



present behind the large m^ and vi.y Bullfo normal. 



— Nasilio. 

 There is the skin and skull of a female Ijelonging to this subspecies 

 in the Rliodesia Museum collecti(m. It was obtained on 24th Sep- 

 tember, 1907, at Syringa by Mr. T. N. Micklem. 



