KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48, w:o 5, 49 
Macroscelide. 
Elephantulus pulcher rendilis n. sp. 
The specimens of »Jumping Shrews» collected north of Guaso Nyiri in the 
thornbush appear to be closely related to EL. pulcher Tuomas.’ The small differences 
will be discussed further below. 
To judge from the locality and considering other components of the fauna of 
the thornbush I almost expected to meet there some of the somewhat more northern 
forms, but the following comparison with the descriptions prove this to be excluded, 
even if there is a great affinity to some of them. JZ. boranus* Tuomas differs in 
having »basal halves of belly-hairs dark slaty; line of demarcation indistinct». In 
the present specimens the hairs of the lower side of the body are entirely white, 
although towards the sides near the line of demarcation grey, and finally slaty, basal 
parts appear, but even there not by far extending half way up the hair; the line of 
demarcation is sharp. 2. boranus is also apparently more richly coloured above as 
THoMAs speaks about its back being »a deeper chestnut» — — —. 
The Abyssinian 2. peasei THomas® is larger than the present specimens (»hind 
foot s. u. 35»; »>Greatest length of skull 38») and »the bases of the hair everywhere 
slaty grey», and the white of the lower surface not sharply defined. 
E. somalicus Tuomas‘ is said to be similar to 2. peasei but paler in colour. 
In this respect as well as in the somewhat smaller dimensions it appears to approach 
my specimens, but the slaty bases of the belly-hairs give a distinguishing characte- 
ristic. 
E. dundasi DottMan® from Lake Baringo has also slate grey bases to the belly- 
hairs, rather longer nasals and longer upper tooth-row. 
E. pheus Hetier® from Sotik has »hair every where dark slate at base». Its 
skull appears to be longer but its upper tooth-row comparatively shorter than in my 
specimens. 
BE. revoili Hurnr’ from Somaliland appears to have larger hind foot (40 mm.), 
and longer tooth-row (20 mm) in addition to its different colour, 
BE. delicatus DottMan® quite recently described from »Orr Valley, Mt. Nyiro», 
is said te have »underparts white, hairs almost white to roots, the extreme bases of 
the hairs alone being greyish». In this respect the race mentioned resembles my spe- 
cimens more than the others do. But ZL. delicatus has a longer skull (37 mm.), longer 
nasals (15 mm.), longer palate etc. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 6. Vol. XIII p. 69. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1900. p. 802. 
Ann. & Mag. Ser. 7 Vol. VIII. p. 154. 
L. c. p. 255. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 8 Vol. V. 
Smithson. Misc. Coll. Washington 1910. Vol. 56 n:o 15 p. 8. 
Mission Revoil aux Pays Comalis, Faune et Flore. Mamm. 1882 p. 5. 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. VIII. 
K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Band. 48. N:o 5. 7 
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