2G4 Di. K. I>iaoni on snme 



narrower and in liaving no trace of the protuberance into the 

 temporal well. In g<neral proportions the skull is much 

 more like that of C. hotfentota, but much smaller. 



Tiie teeth are forty in number and resemble pretty closely 

 in general structure those of C. hottcntota, thouii;h smaller. 

 The second last molar is not uidike tiie last molar of C. hotten- 

 tota, o\vin<; to the posterior style beinpj rudimentary. The 

 lower teeth are almot^t identical in structure with those of 

 C. hottevtota, the premolars and molars having the well- 

 developed posterior basal ledgo. The second last molar has 

 the ledge which is absent in C. hottentofa, and the last molar 

 is small. The whole structure of the skull and teeth shows 

 this species to be much more nearly related to C. holtentota 

 tlian to C. asiatica; and if this species, because it has forty 

 teeth, is retained in the genus Chrt/sochloris, it seems scarcely 

 advisable to make a distinct genus for C. holtentota merely 

 because the minute last molar is missing. 



Dimensions of the type (probably slightly shrunk by 

 spirit) : — 



Head and body 96 mm. ; hind foot {?. u.) 11. 



Skull: greatest length 23-2; basal length IS'S; greatest 

 breadth 156; greatest height 12 ; interorbital breadth 7*2 ; 

 front of j' to back of in'' 10 ; palate across posterior pre- 

 molars 7* 7. 



JJah. Beaufort West, Cape Colony. Also pr. bably much 

 further east. 



Tt/pe. S| ecimen no. 3-448 in South African Museum. 

 Young female. 



I have named the specimen after Mr. W. L. Sclater, late 

 Director of the South African Museum. 



Chrysochloris Wintoni, sp. n. 



About ten years ago I obtained a couple of specimens of 

 mohs at Port Nolloth. Unfortunately at that time I had 

 not seen C. asiatica, and assumed that the Port Nolloth 

 animals belonged to the ordinary species. The skin of one 

 was sent to the British Museum, but the skull was destroyed 

 for the sake of the brain. From the other S|)ecimen a 

 skeleton was j)n'))ared. As I had kept the lower jaw of the 

 first specimen with a pre])aratiofi of the tongue, I have for 

 some time been aware tliat it belonged to an undcscribed 

 species. Luckily there is in the collection of the South 

 African Museum a specimen from Port Nolloth which, 

 though rather badly preserved in spirit, may be taken as the 

 type. 



