546 DR. R. BROOM ON 



Mr. E. G. BouLEXGER, F.Z.S., Curator of Reptiles, exhibited a 

 number of living specimens of the Leaf-Insect [Phylliuvi cruri- 

 folmm), presented to the Society by Dr. Alfred Russell, which 

 had been reared from eggs laid in captivity, and which showed 

 various stages of development. 



May 6, 1913. 



Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. E. G. BouLENGER, F.Z.S., Curator of Reptiles, exhibited a 

 living melanistic specimen of the Green Lizard {Lacerta viridis) 

 recently received from Dalmatia. 



A neto Sj'iecies of Golden Mole* 



Dr. R. Broom, C.M.Z.S., exhibited an example of a new species 

 of Golden Mole from the Transvaal, of which he gave the following 

 account : — 



" For a couple of years I have known that a species of Golden 

 Mole occui-red near Johannesburg in the Transvaal, but until a 

 feAv weeks ago the only specimen I had seen was a badly stuSed 

 skin without the skull. Recently I found that two specimens 

 had been ploughed out on the faim Vischkuil, near Springs, and 

 had been skinned by a native. Fortunately the complete carcase 

 of one was still to be had, and most of the skin. On examining 

 the skull I found to my great surprise that the Mole is not a 

 typical Chrysochloris, but belongs to the subgenvis Bematisciis, 

 hitherto only known from Natal and Eastern Cape Colony. The 

 species is a near ally of Bematiscus villosiis Smith, one of the 

 least known South African forms. 



" So few specimens of B. villosus are known that we do not at 

 present know the degree of variability of the species, and thus 

 cannot be quite sure whether the few specimens at present placed 

 under that specific name really all belong to one species. The 

 type specimen described by Smith is in the British Museum. It 

 is nearly full grown, and is stated to have come from Natal. The 

 underfur is of veiy fine texture, and of a slaty-grey colour. 

 The long hairs, which ai-e comparatively few in number, have the 

 outer, flattened portion 10 to 15 mm. in length and of a pale 

 greyish-bi'own tint, rather darker towards the tips. The fewness 

 of the bristly hairs and their length give the fur a rough harsh 

 feeling. 



* [The complete account of this new species appears here; but since the name 

 and a preliminary diagnosis were published in the 'Abstract,' it is distinguished by 

 being underlined.— Editok-I 



