254 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON [Apr. 18, 



4. The Kiuld Exploration of South Africa.— III. List of the 

 Mammals obtained by 31 r. Grant in Zuliiland. By 

 Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., and Harold Schwann, 

 F.Z.S. 



[Received March 21, 1905.] 

 (Plate XVI.*) 



[The complete account of the new species described in this communication appears 

 here; but as the names and preliminary diagnoses were published in the ' Abstract,' 

 such species are distinguished b\' the name being underlined. — Editoe.] 



In continuation of the collecting- work carried on by Mr. 

 0. D. Rndd's generosity, by which our National Mviseum has 

 already been so large a gainer, Mr. 0. H. B. Grant spent 

 November and December 1903, and again, after a visit to the 

 Transvaal, June to September 1904, in Zululand, where he 

 collected the specimens of which the present paper gives an 

 account. 



It was at Mr. Rudd's own suggestion that Mr. Gi^ant went to 

 Zululand, and the resulting collections have more than fulfilled 

 any expectations that could have been formed as to the value 

 and interest of a series obtained there, for quite a number 

 of the species have proved to be altogether new to science, 

 while in other cases forms only hitherto known from isolated 

 or unlocalised specimens are now illustrated by good series of 

 ti'ustworthy skins. 



In several instances we have been able to revise confused or 

 little-known gioups, such as Myosorex and the Golden Moles, 

 with the result that a numbei- of new forms have proved to need 

 description. 



Of these by far the most noteworthy is the handsome Hare 

 which we have named Pronolagus ruddi, while other interesting 

 species are the Golden Moles, Amblf/somus iris and A. chrysillus, 

 and the different forms of Myosorex. 



The localities at which the specimens were obtained are as 

 follows : — 



Eshowe. Altitude 550 m. 



Sibudeni and the Jususie Valley, aboiit 20 miles to the N.W. 

 of Eshowe. Altitudes 1100 to 1700 and 350 m. respectively. 



Ngoye Hills, 15 miles E. of Eshowe, and about 8 miles inland 

 from the coast. Altitude 200-300 m. 



Umvolosi Station, 3 miles from the river of the same name and 

 about 15 miles from the sea. Altitude 30-60 m. 



Hlupluwe Stream ; about 20 miles N. of Umvolosi. 



Of the last localities Mr. Grant says : — 



" Round the Umvolosi Station sandy grass-covei'ed flats and 

 undulating countiy stretch away to the south and east, dotted 



* For explanation ot the Plate, see p. 276. 



