4:78 Mr. R. C. Wroughtou on 



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various localities collected by C. H. B. Grant and presented 

 to the Museum by Mr Rudd. Willi the exception oi panja 

 all the forms present a proportion in which the tail is appre- 

 ciably longer than the head and body. Nevertheless all the 

 old descriptions of species (by Gray, Smith, Smuts, Wagner, 

 Sniidevall, &c.) state the exact reverse. This, no doubt, is due 

 to the fact that all these descriptions were based on mounted 

 specimens, and measurements were taken following the 

 curves of the body, thus greatly exaggerating them. 



Tatera panja is obviously a " stray " from the mid- African 

 fauna, but as my " Sections " are wholly geographical, I 

 have included it among the South-African species. 



(1) Tatera Ruddi, sp. u. 



4.12.3.55-59. Umvolosi, Zululand. Alt. 211'. (Rudd 

 Exploration.) 



The same size as fallax, Thos., from E. Africa, with an 

 almost equally long tail. 



Colour above as in fallax, but with much less admixture 

 of black. The pale areas at the bases of the ears as m fallax, 

 but that over the eye and extending backward to the ear in 

 fallax is wanting in this species. The hairs on the nose and 

 forehead have a metallic lustre. Under surface white, but 

 markedly tinged with rufous, especially the sides of the 

 throat and armpits. Tail pale sandy and but slightly darker 

 above near its base, with no appreciable line of demarcation 

 between the upper and under surfaces ; the tip for about 

 40 mm. whitish, the hairs on this whitish portion rather 

 longer than on the rest of the tail, but in no way amounting 

 to a tuft or pencil as in the species of the north. 



Skull very markedly smaller than iw fallax, especially the 

 incisors. 



Normal dimensions as follows : — 



Head and body 160 mm. ; tail 205 ; hind foot 40 ; ear 23. 



Skull: greatest length 41 ; basilar length 33; zygomatic 

 breadth 21 ; length of upper molar series 65 ; bullae 10"5. 



The following are measurements of some selected speci- 

 mens : — 



Skull. 



4.12. 



(Tvpe) 4. 12. 



4.12. 



Hnb. Umvolosi, Zululand. 



