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outer surfaces of extremities towards bodj', with brown-black 

 or dusky ; whiskers black ; ears rounded and fleshy, inner 

 sides towards margins thinly covered with a short tawny hair, 

 outer sides towards margins with a fine, short, blackish hair ; 

 tail with distinct scaly rings and a thin covering of short rigid 

 hair, above brownish black, beneath tawny white ; claws pale 

 horn-coloured and slightly covered with dull white hairs ; front 

 teeth yellowish, the upper ones, each with a longitudinal fur- 

 row towards its external edge. The bases of all the hairs of 

 the body, except the long black ones, slate-coloured ; many of 

 those, M'hich are partly tawny, have the tips brownish or 

 dull black. Length from nose to base of tail seven inches and 

 a quarter ; length of tail three inches and a quarter. 

 Inhabits South Africa, — District of George. 



Euryotis Branfsii, Smith. Mole. — Hair of body of moderate 

 length and rather rigid, of head and sides of neck short and 

 very rigid. The muzzle, forehead, top of head, back of neck, 

 and back, reddish white or greyish white, hero and there tinted 

 strongly with fulvous, and every where freely pencilled with 

 black, the latter is produced principally by most of the hairs 

 being tipt with that colour, though partly also from a slight 

 intermixture of hairs entirely black and longer than the 

 general covering. The sides of head, neck, and body dull 

 white ; outer surfaces of extremities and feet white with a 

 tawny tinge. Front teeth yellow, upper ones, each, with a 

 distinct longitudinal groove in front near the outer edge, lower 

 ones with a very slight groove almost upon the edge. Whiskers 

 large and blackish ; ears rounded and rather fleshy, inner sur- 

 faces with a thin covering of short tawny hair, outer surfaces 

 with long whitish hair towards their base, and short tawny and 

 black hairs towards circumference ; claws nearly black and with- 

 out covering ; tail with a moderately dense coating of short 

 rigid hair, blackish above and tawny or tawny-white beneath. 

 The bases of the hairs of the body blackish blue. Length from 

 nose to root of tail eight inches ; length of tail three inches and 

 a half. Female. — The upper parts strongly tinted with a pale 

 fawn-colour, and scarcely pencilled with black ; the sides red- 

 dish white, the under-parts and extremities dull white. — 

 Rather smaller than the male. 



Inhabits South Africa, — plains in the interior. 



Vlakte Muis of the Colonists. 



Note, This species is named in honour of Mr. Brants, who, in his ex- 

 cellent Treatise on the Murida, first indicated the genus. The rage 

 for changing names has led to the substitution of Otom3's for Euryotis, 

 which, liowever, ought not to be admitted considering the last has th? 

 claim of priorilT, 



