928 ME. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON MAMMALS [Dee. 14, 



10. Ehtkchocton eeichardt, Eeichenow. 

 a,b. 6 2- Tort Hill, July 1896. 



These specimens are the first examples of this beautiful Bhyn- 

 chocyon that the Museum has received. 



11. Ehynchocton cirnei, Pet. 



a. Mt. Zomba, 5000 ft., 24 Dec, 1896. 



12. Peteodbomus teteadacttlfs. Pet. 

 a. 5 . Zomba, Aug. 1896. 



Attentiou may be directed to the differences which distinguish 

 from each other the East-African Petrodromm- (P. sultan ^), that 

 occurring on the Eovuma E. (P. rovumcv), and the typical Zambesi 

 form. (See above, p. 434.) 



13. Macroscelides brachtrhynchus, Smith. 



a-f. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. 



g-i. lu spirit. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Juoe, July, 1896. 



j-Tc. Port Hill, July 1896. 



These specimens belong clearly to the same species as au 

 Elephant-Shrew from Mashona and Matabili, of which the Museum 

 possesses a considerable series, thanks to the efforts of Messrs. 

 Darling, Selous, and Marshall. 



Por this species I had, until recently, considered that the 

 proper name was M. fuscus, Peters, fovuided on a melanistic 

 individual from Boror, near the mouth of the Zambesi, an indi- 

 vidual which. Dr. Matschie is agreed with me, is specifically 

 identical with the reddish specimens also obtained by Dr. Peters 

 at Boror, Tette, and Senna. On sending one of the Nyika 

 examples to Dr. Matschie I am assured by him that it is precisely 

 identical with at least one of the Tette specimens (which are 

 rather variable inter se), and may be accepted as representative of 

 the typical non-melanistic coloration of J/, fuscits. 



But it has now been suggested to me by Mr. De Winton that 

 this widely-spread Zambesi species is not really separable from 

 Smith's M. hrachyrhynchus, and after a careful comparison with 

 Smith's types I cannot resist coming to the same conclusion. 

 The two co-types have their hind feet slightly shorter than any 

 of the examples of " 31. fuscus," but otherwise I can find no reason 

 for distinguishing them. At the same time I am assured by 

 Dr. Matschie that Bohm's Marungu Macroscelides, referred by 

 Noack to M. alexandri, Og., is also precisely similar to the Nyika 

 example, a further instance of the resemblance between the faunas 

 of these two localities. 



14. Macroscelides brachyrhtnchus malos^, subsp. n. 



a-c. Mt. Malosa, 5500 ft., 22-27 Nov., 1896. a. Type. 



Besides the series of M. brachyrhynchus sent by Mr. Why te from 



^ Misprinted ndtani in the original description. The name is a substantive 

 in apposition. 



