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In Rhynchocyon and Macroscelides other specimens in the Museum 

 show the same fact equallj' clearly and decisively. 



The revised formulae for the three genera will therefore be : — 



Rhynchocyon : I. "^f^^C. | , P. [^^, M. i^° X 2=34 or 36. 



Petrodromus'. I. \^^, C. j , P. 1^*, M. ii|^ x 2 = 40. 



Macroscelides : I. ^^, C. i , P. i^*, M. ^^^^^ x 2 =40 or 42. 



6. Macroscelides kttpescens, Peters (?). 



a. $. Usambiro. 1/9/89. 



" Iride nigerrima. This single specimen found amongst the high 

 dry grasses. Runs like a Gerbille. IS'ative name ' Gosso'." — E. 



This beautiful little Elephant-Shrew appears to agree in all essen- 

 tial characters with Peters's M. rufescens, although it is considerably 

 paler and less rufesceut in colour than some of the original speci- 

 mens of that species now in the Museum. Its colour is in fact 

 more like that shown on the plate of " 21. revoili," Huet \ a form 

 which will, I suspect, be found to be specifically identical with the 

 earlier described M. rufescens. 



7. Epomophokus minor, Dobs. 



a. (S. Kiriamo. 16/5/89. 

 b-d. c? 2 • Bagamoyo. 20/2/90. 



" Iride pallide umbrina. 10 to 20 individuals together on cocoa- 

 palms, inside the town of Bagamoyo." — E. 



8. Epomophorus pxtsillus, Pet. 



a. (S . Kiriamo. 14/5/89. 

 " Iride pallide umbrina.'' 



9. Nyctinomus ptjmiltjs, Cretzschm. 



a, b. (S 9- Usambiro. 9/9/89. 

 c. cJ. Bagamoyo. 24/l/90'. 



" Iride fusca. Frequent among the rocks. Native name ' Ka- 

 tunke.' "— E. 



10. Anomalttrus OKiENTALis, Pcters. 



a. Monda, Nguru Mountains. 



The present is only the second specimen of this interesting species 

 that has been obtained, the type in the British Museum having 

 remained unique up to the present time. As that type was bought 

 from negroes in the streets of Zanzibar by Fischer, Dr. Emin's 

 example is the first that shows where the species reaUy occurs wild. 



A. orientcdis is unquestionably very closely allied to the first 

 described species of the genus, A. fraseri, Waterh., a native of 

 Fernando Po. 



' Kevoil's ' Fauna et Flore des Pays-^oinalis,' pi. 1 (1882). 



