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

 body 102 mm. ; tail 51 ; hind foot 14*5; ear 10. 



Sknll — back of condyle to front face of i^ 23*5 ; basal length 

 20*5 ; breadth across brain-case 10 ; length of upper tooth- 

 series 9*8. 



Hah. Umvolosi, Zululand. Alt. 70 m. 



Tyi^e. Wdle. B.M. no. 4.12.3.29. Original number 861. Col- 

 lected 5 September, 1904. Six specimens examined. 



While there is a general agreement in size throughout the 

 Shrews assigned to C. flavescens, these specimens from. Umvolosi 

 are so markedly smaller that we think they should have a sub- 

 specific name. 



18. Hbrpestes GRACILIS PUNCTULATUS Gray. 



c?. 581. $.610,614,653. Sibudeni. 



S . 833. ■$ . 800. Umvolosi. 



5 . 899. %oye Hills. 



As we have shown in a previous paper, H. g. punctulatus is a. 

 perfectly tenable subspecies, which is widely distributed over 

 South-east Africa, being replaced further north by the paler 

 II. g. cauui. 



" Zulu name ' Oagiti.' 



" Seems to be exclusively a bush animal, living singly or in 

 pairs, but not iu colonies. It is more often taken with dogs than 

 trapped. It sleeps and breeds in some hollow tree and lives 

 principally on insects." — C. H. B. G. 



19. Herpestes galera Erxl. 

 $. 917. Ngoye Hills. 



20. Orossarchus fasciatus Desm. 



S . 852, 853. $ . 855, 856. Umvolosi. 



" Zulu name ' Oguya.' On the whole rather a rare animal. It 

 frequents the thorn-bush and thickly wooded sluits and river- 

 banks, generally in parties of half a dozen. When chased the 

 whole party will, as a rule, take shelter in the same hole. The 

 skin, especially the banded part of the back, is valued by the 

 natives. It feeds principally on coleopterous insects." — 0. H. B. G. 



21. Lycaon pictus zuluensis Thos. 



Two native skins. Itala Mts. 



" Zulu name ' N'Kenjane.' 



" The two specimens sent were obtained by the natives from a 

 troop of some eight individuals which had probably come from the 

 Umvolosi River. The survivors did not remain long, but returned 

 to the river. 



" The natives say they are rather savage when hard pressed, 

 and are very destructive to goats and sheep." — C. H. B. G. 



