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Pi. 1\. Broom ou some 



brown, tlie tips of the liaiis being light and tlic imicr part of 

 the I'ui- dark. In spirit the I'ur shows a violet iridesccnee. 

 The whole head is light yellowish ; it is unusually broad 

 and the nose short. The fore feet have a much smaller pad 

 to the first digit than C. Wintoni, while the fourth digit is 

 a fairly well developed functional toe, larger than in any other 

 known species, and with a rather large claw. 



The skull is like that of C. asiatica in being relatively 

 broad, but differs in being much smaller, in having a rela- 

 tively much shorter snout, and in having scarcely any trace 

 of a protuberance into the temporal fossa. 



Tiie teeth are forty in number, and the most noteworthy 

 feature is that the tirst upper premolar is of small size and 

 single-rooted. This character is constant in all live skulls. 

 In the lower jaw of the type there are only nine teeth on the 

 right side. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Greatest length ^2 mm. ; hind foot 9. 



ISkuU : greatest length iy"2 ; basal length 15 ; greatest 

 breadth 17; greatest height 11*5; interorbifal breadth 7; 

 t ront of i^ to back of vt,^ &0 ; palatal width across posterior 

 premolars 7'G. 



Hub. Namaqualand. 



Ti/pe. In South African Museum. 



The si)ecies is named after J^ir. C. H. B, Grant, who has 

 done so much in the last few years to advance our knowledge 

 of South African Mammals. 



Chrysochloris namoquensis, sp. n. 



This new species is represented by four fairly well preserved 

 .••kulls, but nothing is known of the skin; but as the skulls 

 are easily distinguished from those of any known species, and 

 as the skull and teeth are much safer guides than the skins, I 

 think it well to give the form a name. 



The skull is about the same size as in C. Granti, but is 

 narrower and longer. It is further differentiated by liavinga 

 large protuberance in the posterior wall of the temporal fossa, 

 as in C. asiatica. The teeth resemble, so far as jireserved, 

 those of C. asiatica, the first upper premolar being large and 

 double-rooted. The second upper incisor is relatively larger 

 than in C. asiatica. 



Skull: greatest length 20 mm.; basal length 16'5 ; 

 greatest breadth 15'5 ; greatest height 11 ; orbital breadth &5 ; 

 front of t' to back of rn^ ^'5 ; palate across posterior jjre- 

 molars 7*8. 



