36 BULLETIN 99, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



This form is decidedly nearest in general coloration to Eleplmntulus 

 rufescens mariaJcanse. Heller, of the coast district of southeastern 

 British East Africa. It has a longer, fuller pelage than marialcanse, 

 and is slightly more rufous, less grayish or wood brown in color. 



ELEPHANTULUS RUFESCENS BORANUS (Thomas). 



1901. Macroscelides boranus Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1900, p. 802. 

 April. (Mega, Western Boran Galla, southeast of Lake Rudolf, British 

 East Africa; type in British Museum.) 



1910. E[lephantulus] boranus Dollman, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 5, 



p. 96. January. 

 191-2. [Elephantulus rufescens] boranus Heller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, 

 No. 12, p. 11. November 4. 



Specimen. — One, in alcohol, from — 



British East Africa: Northern Guaso Nyiro River (Heller). 



This single specimen represents a form not otherwise included in 

 the collection. It agrees well with the description of boranus and 

 differs from the skins of dundasi and delicatus by its darker color 

 above and below, and is further distinguished from delicatus by its 

 broadly dark slate underfur on the breast and belly. 



ELEPHANTULUS RUFESCENS RENDILIS Lonnberg. 



1912. Elephantulus pulcher rendilis Lonnberg, Kiingl. Svenska Vet. Handl., vol. 

 48, No. 5, p. 49. (Thera and below Ohauler Falls, north of Guaso Njdro, 

 British East Africa; type in R. Nat. Mus., Stockholm.) 



Specimen. — One, from — 



British East Africa : Longaya Water, Marsabit Road (Heller) . 



Although immature, this specimen is clearly of a form different 

 from horanus and perhaps closely allied to delicatus. The hairs of 

 the middle underparts are white to the bases, and the general color 

 above somewhat approaches that of certain specimens of true I'uJ- 

 escens. The specimen is, without doubt, the young of reiulilis, but 

 whether that form is reall}^ distinguishable from delicatus or not, our 

 material is not sufficient to prove. 



In his notes written at Longaya, Heller mentions seeing two ele- 

 phant shrews running about the rocks at ten o'clock in the forenoon, 

 in the hot sun. 



ELEPHANTULUS RUFESCENS DELICATUS Dollman. 



1911. Elephantulus delicatus Dollman, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 8, 



p. 652. November. (Orr Valley, Mount Nyiro, British East Africa; 

 type in British Museum.) 



Specimen. — One, from — 



British East Africa : Orr Valley, Mount Nyiro (Percival) . 



