436 Dr. A. Smith's Contributions to the 



tricuspidatus ; infra, duo anteriores lateribus compressi, Iricuspi- 

 dati; tertius, quartus et quintus quadricuspidati ; summd dentium 

 in maxilla viginti, et totldem in mandibuld. Rostrum angustum 

 et antice in proboscidem longam et subcylindraceam desinens, 

 naves in apice habens. Oculi mediocres. Auriculce magnce et 

 rotundatae. Corpus villosum. Cauda elongata, squamata, annu- 

 lata, raropilosa. Pedes distincti, plantigradi, pentadactyli. Un- 

 gues falculares. Scelides antepedibus multo longiores. Genus 

 post Soricem Linnai locum tenet. 



Macroscelides typus, mihi. 



M. suprd fuscus nitore fulvo, infra subalbus. 



Above brown brightened by an intermixture of tawny; beneath whit- 

 ish ; extremities covered with a very short whitish hair ; ears within 

 scantily furnished with some of a similar colour, without nearly bare; 

 tail thinly clothed with a stiff short black hair ; whiskers near the base of 

 the proboscis, each hair variegated black and white ; claws short, black, 

 compressed and pointed. Length from nostrils to root of tail, four 

 inches and three quarters; length of tail, three niches and a quarter. 



Inhabits the open flat country in the interior of South Africa, and is 

 occasionally seen during the day, about the roots of bushes or amongst 

 small brushwood, from whence, upon being discovered, it instantly 

 retreats to its natural and subterranean habitation. 



Chrysochloris Hottentotus, mihi. 



C. rostro elongata, nndo et rufo ; fronte plus minusve alba variegatd ; 

 corpore rufo-fusco ad ferrugineum transiente. 

 Muzzle slightly elongated, its tip bare and flesh coloured; forehead 

 more or less variegated with white; body reddish brown passing into 

 ferruginous or chesnut. In young specimens the colour is more or less 

 of a dark blackish green ; and even in old ones, portions of the head 

 and back have often tinges of that hue. Length about four inches. 

 Inhabits the interior parts of South Africa, but has not, as far as 

 I know, been yet found in the vicinity of Cape Town, where the Chry- 

 sochloris Capensis is so abundant. 



