1 906.] MAMMALS PROM N-ORTH-SAST TRANSVAAL. 577 



from Klipfontein, Namaqualand, and Ngoye Hills, Zululand, 

 referred by us on Dobson's authority to M, schreibersi, now both 

 prove to be referable to the present species. 



" This species, which is not very common, does not appear until 

 it is quite dark."— 0, H. B. G. 



2. SCOTOPHILUS NIGRTTA Schr. 



S. 1272, 1285, 1289, 1311. $. 1271, 1293. 



These specimens are rather paler than a Zululand skin which 

 may be taken as representing S. n. dingani Smith, described from 

 the country " between Natal and Delagoa Bay." Perhaps they 

 will prove to be similar to S. n. planirostris Peters, the Zambesi 

 form, of which we have as yet no good specimens available. 



" Fairly common, but apparently confined to the low country. 

 Makes its appearance soon after sundown, and is strong and rapid 

 on the wing."— 0. H. B. G. 



3. IsTasilio brachyrhynchus Smith. 



c?. 1315. $. 1224, 1247, 1280, 1309, 1318. 



Two of the females were pregnant, with one foetus each. One 

 of Mr. Darling's specimens from Mazoe, however, " gave birth to 

 two very large young after capture," so that these animals do not 

 always have only one young. 



With regard to the generic position of this animal, we are of 

 opinion that it is fully time that the three very distinct groups 

 contained in " Macroscelides " should be recognised as genera. 



These may be briefly distinguished as follows : — 



I. Macroscelides. „ 



Type. 

 Macroscelides Smith, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 435 



(1829) M. proboscideus, 



Rhinomys Licht. Darst. Saug., text to 



pi. xxxviii. (1834) M. probosddeus. 



A. a. of W. Sclater's synopsis of Macroscelides *. 

 Lower molars two. Bullae much enlarged. 

 Macroscelides, as thus restricted, would contain only two species, 

 M. proboscideus and M. inielanotis. 



II. Elephantulus. „ 



Type. 



Elephantulus Thos. & Schw. Abst, P. Z. S. 



No. 33, p. 10, June 5, 1906 E. rupestris. 



A. b. of Sclater's synopsis. 



Lower molars two. Bullae normal, not specially enlarged. 

 This genus would contain the great mass of the Elephant- 

 Shrews, and its range extend from Algeria (E. rozeti) to 

 the Cape. 



* Mamm. S. Afr. ii. p. 146 (1901). 



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