512 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



3. Ericulus telfairi pallescens Thomas. Pale Hedgehog 

 Tenrec. 



Two specimens of this smaller species. One is much darker than 

 the other, but both have the white-tipped spines. The one from 

 Miandrivazo is dark brown; the one from northeast of Tulear a 

 distinct pale chestnut at the bases of the spines. 



4. Hemicentetes semispinosus (G. Cuvier). Streaked Tenrec. 



Six skins, fairly uniform in appearance, except that one is nearly- 

 white- instead of yellow-streaked, are all from Didy, Eastern Forest. 



SORICIDAE. 



5. Pachyura caerulea (Kerr). Common Musk Shrew. 



One specimen of this introduced species. It was apparently well- 

 established on the island as early as 1855, when Fitzinger described 

 Madagascan specimens as P. auriculata. Of the two minute species 

 of native Crocidura, no specimen was found. 



Pteropidae. 



6. Pteropus rufus rufus E. Geoffroy. Rufous Fruit Bat. 



Nine skins and skulls from Berevo, Upper Siribihina River, Mian- 

 drivazo, and twenty kilometers east of Tulear are referable to the 

 typical subspecies. 



Emballonuridae. 



7. Emballonura atrata Peters. Dusky Sheath-tailed Bat. 

 Two in alcohol, from the Tanandra River, near Tamatave. 



