588 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON [May 29, 



27. Myosorex tenuis Thos. & Schw, 



c?. 1109, 1113, 1121, 1126, 1140, 1144, 1149, 1157, 1158, 

 1160, 1209, 1327, 1329, 1330, 1336. ?. 1110, 1325, 1326. 



The present series was obtained in the Woodbush Hills at a 

 height of 4900 feet, and the single specimen on which the species 

 was founded was caught by Mr. Grant at Zuurbron in the 

 Wakkerstroom District of the Transvaal at an altitude of 

 4600 feet. It is therefore probable that tenuis is the high-veldt 

 representative of M. varius, to which it is certainly more allied 

 than to M. sclateri, the latter differing from it very considerably 

 in external measurements and skull-characters. Its only point 

 of agreement with sclateri is in its general colour, and not, as we 

 stated in the second account of Mr. Rudd's exploration of South 

 Africa*, in the length of its tail. Although the difference 

 between the types of sclateri and tenuis in this measurement is 

 only 8 mm., extreme specimens show a difference of nearly twice 

 this, and the average may be considered as about 12 mm. 



" Very common on the kopjes, cultivated lands, and the vege- 

 tation on the banks of streams." — C. H. B. G. 



28. Genetta letab^ Thos. & Schw. 



S. 1159, 1177. 



These specimens are practically identical with the type of this 

 species described in the first part of the paper. No. 1177 is 

 young and naturally proportionately smaller, and both specimens 

 have slightly redder spots, but the difference is so slight as to be 

 negligible. 



" Basuto name ' Chipa.' 



" Rather uncommon. Inhabits the kopjes and bush-covered 

 hillsides. Nocturnal only." — 0. H. B. G. 



29. Herpestes galera Erxl. 



5. 1139, 1142, 1155. 



'' Basuto name ' Muliza.' 



"Uncommon. Inhabiting vleis and thick reed-beds by the 

 rivers. Apparently feeds on tadpoles, frogs, crabs, &c. Nocturnal 

 only."— 0. H. B. G. 



30. Herpestes gracilis punctulatus Gray. 



S . 1173, 1198, 1212, 1356, 1357. $ . 1125, 1130, 1138, 1346. 



" Basuto name ' Kanu.' 



" This species was observed in the forest on the Woodbush 

 hills, though it is common everywhere, especially by the rivers. 

 Its food consists principally of insects." — C. H. B. G, 



31. Oynictis selousi de Wint. 



d. 1178. $ 1361. 

 The only specimens of this remarkable species hitherto received 



* P. Z. S. 1905, i. p. 132. 



