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blackish, as in ^. iris, while the sides and under surface are still 

 rufous, as in true hottentottus. But even the belly, in the most 

 strongly marked examples, is of a rather smokier rufous than ui 

 the typical subspecies. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 120 mm. ; hind foot 14. 



Skull— greatest length 27; greatest breadth 17 ; height 12-5. 



Hab. of type. Notinsila, W. Pondoland. Other specimens 

 from Port St. John. 



Ttjpe. Male. B.M. no. 4.6.6.4. CoUected 10 February, 1904, 

 by Mr. H. H. Swinny, Four specimens examined. 



The true A. hottentottus, of which the type is in the Museum, 

 is a reddish animal, not or very slightly darkened on the back. 

 The specimen from Zuurbrou, near Yfakkerstroom, obtained by 

 Mr. Grant, and mentioned in our previous paper, agrees _ closely 

 with the type, and other reddish specimens from King Williams- 

 town and Albany are in the collection. 



The species described as Chrysochloris holosericeiis by Lichten- 

 stein and C. rutilans by Wagner seem to be clearly referable to 

 the true A. hottentottus. 



C. cdbirostris Wagn. is also a reddish form, but may prove 

 to be distinct. Its identification v/ith G. leucorhtna Huet by 

 Pousargues* is based on a mistake, for Wagner stated clearly m 

 1855 t, though he did not in 1841 J, that it had only 36 teeth, a 

 statement which was overlooked by Pousargues. 



Another member of the genus which we may take this 

 opportunity of describing is 



Amblysomus chrysillus, sp. n. 



Nose-pad broad, more than twice as broad as long, its lateral 

 corners angular, but not produced backwards into a long sharp 

 point as in Chrysochloris; transverse groove or uifoldmg little 

 prominent, not running to the lateral edges. Nostrils extremely 

 complicated, even more so than in C. asiatica, the opening nearly 

 blocked up by in-growing foliaceous projections. 



Size comparatively small. Large claw of fore foot small, slender, 

 less curved than in A. hottentott^is ; its length 8-5 mm., its basal 

 diameter 3-2 ; the small outer claw about | the length of the 

 laro-e one therefore longer in proportion than in the alhed species. 

 General colour pale, much paler than in any other species ; the 

 hairs of the upper surface with only their extreme tips brown 

 (" wood-brown" in a specimen skinned out of spirit), the greater 

 part of their length being silvery whitish (with a tinge of yellow. 

 in the type, but'^this is probably due to the spirit), very slightly 

 greyer at their bases. The brown is as usual most intense on the 



* Auii. Sci. Nat. (7) iii. p. 263 (footnote), 1896. 

 t Schr. Saug. Supp. v. p. 581. 

 X Op. cit. ii. p. 121-. 



