634: Mr. R. C. Wrougliton on the 



he obtained his specimens " in the Sitsicarama Forest hard 

 by Shmgen River/-' and liis map shows that the " Sitsi- 

 camma" district extended along the shore of Algoa Bay as 

 far as Cape Padrone, just short of which ^' Slang River" 

 entered the sea. In the Museum collection are some specimens 

 received from the Grahamstown Museum and labelled 

 " Uitenhage '' and " Fish River " ; these, therefore, being 

 practically topotypes, may be accepted as typical pumilio. 

 This being so, I recognize the following specimens in the 

 collection as being typical pumilio : — 



97. 11. 5. 26-30. Uitenhage, C.C. 



5. 5. 7. 67-75. Knysna, C.C. Alt. 1400'. 



3. 6. 2. 14, 15. Port St. John, Pondoland. 



4.12.3.81. Umfolosi, Zululand. Alt. 230'. 



3. 7. 2. 23, 25, 26, 28. Newlands, Cape Town. Alt. 700'. 



3. 7. 2. 29-31. Tokai Retreat, Cape Town. Alt. 50-500'. 



The normal dimensions of A. pumilio may be taken to be 

 as follows : — 



Head and body 120 mm. ; tail 116 ; hind foot 24. 



Skull : basilar length 24 ; length of tooth-row 4*8 ; bullae 6. 



The series from Knysna are quite constant in colour 

 amongst themselves and show almost no tinge of either 

 fulvous or rufous ; they are probably a forest form, and it is 

 noticeable that they come from a markedly higher elevation 

 than the others. The remainder show the usual individual 

 variation in the amount of fulvous colouring. The following 

 are measurements of some selected specimens : — 



Bullae. 



Unfortunately the Grahamstown Museum skulls are much 

 broken and in no case is the " basilar length of skull '' avail- 

 able ; but the one whose dimensions are given above has a 

 "greatest length" of 30 mm., which is about the same as 

 that of all the others in the table. 



