438 Dr. A. Smith's Contributions to the 



South Africa, inhabiting a dry flat country, and distinguished by the 

 white tip of the tail just adverted to. Named after the celebrated South 

 African traveller Le Vaillant. 



Myoxus erythrobronchus, mihi. 



M. suprd fusco-griseus ; latera rufo-alba; infra cinereus; ingluvie, 

 gutture, parte anteriore pectoris, latere interiore antepedum, et 

 margine lahii superioris ferrugineis. 



Colour above brownish gray ; sides reddish white ; under part cine- 

 reous ; space under lower jaw, throat, anterior part of breast, insides of 

 fore legs, and edges of upper lip ferruginous ; ears roundish and pro- 

 jecting considerably beyond the fur, bare and flesh coloured both without 

 and within ; whiskers long, bushy, and black ; muzzle moderately long 

 and inclined to pointed ; tail bushy, more particularly towards the tip, 

 and throughout of a dirty reddish hue; fur soft and silky. Found in- 

 habiting trees in many of the forests of South Africa. 



GENUS DENDROMUS. mihi. 



Denies primores, utrinque duo, supra paginA anticd sulco longitudi- 

 naliexaratd; infrd, longi, graciles, scalpro cuneato. Pro laniariis 

 diastema. Molar es utrinque terni: suprd, primus tuherculis sex in 

 duplici serie, duobus prcsterea indistinctis quorum unum ad an- 

 teriorem partem corona dentis, alterum juxta alterum seriei internes 

 tuherculmn, pone lamina transversa incisoria; secundus duabus 

 aut tribus longitudinalibus laminis incisoriis secus margincm exter- 

 num corona suce, cvj\ts in medio tria aut quatuor obtusa tubercula 

 transversa seriatim jacent; tertius duabus laminis incisoriis trans- 

 versis sulco inter jacente: infrd, primus tuberculis sex fere in 

 duplici serie; secundus quatuor obtusis eodem ordine dispositis; 

 tertius perparvus, undatis aliquot laminis transversis et sulcis 

 interjectis. Rostrum acutum. Labrum fissum. AuriculcB oblongce 

 nudiuscul^, et intiis juxta cranium duabus valvulis transversis, 

 membranaceis, qnarum inferior meatui auditorio externo super- 

 jacet. Cauda elongata, annulata, raropilosa. Pedes distincti 

 ambulatorii, antici digitis tribus et verruca hallucari, postici pen- 



