130 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON MAMMALS [Feb. 21, 



2. Rhinolophus denti Thos. 

 2 in spirit. Zuurbron. 



Hitherto known only from Kuruman, 



3. Rhinolophus augur K. And. 

 c? . 1 in spirit. Zuui'bron. 



This specimen is I'eferred to in Mr, Andersen's original descrip- 

 tion of the species*. 



4. HiPPOSiDEROS CAFFER Sund. 

 4 in spirit. Zuurbron. 



5. Amblysomus hottentottus a. Sm, 

 S . 767. Zuurbron. 



This specimen agrees closely with Dr. Smith's type in the 

 British Museum. 



" Apparently common. Forms runs and mounds similar to 

 Georychus, but so much smaller as to make these animals very 

 difficult to trap. The specimen sent home took nearly a whole 

 day to dig out."— (7. H. B. G. 



6. Crocidura flavescens Geoff, 



$, 691, 697, 709, 711, 712 (2 in spirit), $. 680, 682, 688, 

 703. Wakkerstroom. 



c?. 758. $. 751,754. Zuurbron. 



"Zulu name in the Transvaal ' ISTgoso.' Almost exclusively 

 nocturnal. Its favourite habitat is in the stone walls surrounding 

 the farm lands; it is common also in gardens and the thick 

 undergrowth in the bush,"' — C. H. B. G. 



7. Mtosorex varius Smuts. 



5 . 747, 753. 2 . 749, 750, 757, 763, 769, 773. Zuurbron. 



6. 716, 741. 2 ■ 742 (2 in spirit). Wakkerstroom, 



Flesh measurements of an adult male : — Head and body 85 mm, ; 

 tail 43 ; hind foot 14 ; ear 9. 



On laying out the fine series of Myosorexf obtained from 

 difierent localities in South Africa during the Rudd Exploration, 

 w^e find there are two vei-y distinct species, of which one, the true 

 M. varius, is the smaller, grey in colour, with light-coloured feet, 

 and with a comparatively short, well-haired tail, which is brown 

 along the top and light on the sides and below. This species, 

 besides the localities recorded by Sclater, has been found by 

 Mr, Grant at Port Nolloth, in the North-west, Cape Peninsula 



* Ann. Mag. N. H, (7) xiv. p. 380 (1904). 



t 46 specimens from the Rudd collection, added to half a dozen old Museum 

 specimens, and seven i-ecently obtained at Estcourt, Natal, by Mr. K. C. Wroughton. 



