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The characters of the three forms are l^riefly as follows : — 



Myosorex sclcderi sclateri. 



General colour dark bistre-brown. Skull in length 25 mm. or 

 over, about 12 mm. in breadth. Hind foot 16 mm. 



Myosorex sclateri talpmiis, subsp. n. 



Larger. General colour above shining black, below sepia. 

 Hind foot 18 mm. 



Myosorex sclateri affinis, subsp. n. 



Smaller, Colour as in true sclateri. Skull in length about 

 24'5 mm., in breadth about 11-3. Hind foot 15 mm. 



Below is appended a full description of the two new subspecies :— 



Myosorex sclateri talpinus. 



General colour of upper surface shining black, lighter on flanks, 

 passing to sepia on the under surface. Individual hairs above 

 about 10 mm. long, basal four-fifths slate-grey, tip black. Long 

 haii'S on rump projecting noticeably beyond the short hair. 

 Fur of under surface very fine and close, about 5 mm. long, 

 basal two-thirds slate-grey, distal third sepia. Upper sides of 

 hands and feet light brown as in sclateri, claws light in colour and 

 rather long. Tail dark brown above and below, no tuft at tip. 



Skull as in true sclateri, considerably larger and more strongly 

 built than in M. varius. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — Head and 

 body 100 mm. ; tail 56 ; hind foot 18 ; ear 11. 



Skull — back of condyle to front face of i^ 25 ; basal length 21 ; 

 breadth across brain-case 12-5 ; length of upper tooth-series 10'5, 



Hah. Umvolosi, Zululand, alt. 60 m. 



Type. Male. B.M. no. 4.12.3.20. Original number 823. 

 Collected 23 July, 1904. Four specimens examined. 



This subspecies may be easily distinguished from any other form 

 by its dark velvety coat, which is very like that of a Mole, 



" Zulu name ' ISTgoso ukulu.' 



" Inhabits the thick undergrowth on the banks of streams." — 

 C. H. B. G, 



Myosorex sclateri affinis. 



Smaller. Colour as in true sclateri. Skull smaller throughout 

 (see measurements below) ; the size I'ather more constant in the 

 males than in females. The breadth across the brain-case is notice- 

 ably greater in sclateri than in the present form, whose skull 

 therefore appears very slender when compared with that of the 

 Ngoye Hills race. The antero-posterior measurement of the 

 second upper molar is slightly larger in sclateri than in affinis. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — Head and 

 body 84 mm. ; tail 46 ; hind foot 15 ; ear 9. 



