1906.] MAMMALS FROM BECHUANALAND, 103 



in the Cape Police canteen and is the first specimen I have met 

 with."— i?. B. W. 



6. Nyctinomus bocagei Seabra. 



c?. W. 19. ?. W. 15; D. 16. Kuruman. 



" One of these long- tailed Bats was caught in our room in the 

 old mission buildings. I have seen some before, but it is not a 

 very common species." — R. B. W. 



7. Crocidura deserti, sp. n. 



c? . W. 87. $ . W. 83. Molopo. 



A pale-coloured Shrew of medium size, probably allied to 

 C. argentata Sund. 



Fur fine and silky, about 6 mm. in length on the centre of back. 

 General colour of upper surface between " ecru-drab " and " drab- 

 grey," hardly lighter on the flanks. General colour of under surface 

 from chin to anus silvery cream-colour, contrasting with the colour 

 of the sides ; the line of division sharply defined. Individual 

 hairs of back slate-grey basally, subterminal ring dull white, tip 

 between walnut-brown and mars-brown. Hairs of belly light 

 grey basally, creamy white terminally. Head coloured like body ; 

 snout strongly bifid ; ears sparsely covered with minute white 

 hairs ; fore and hind limbs and feet pure white. Tail about half 

 the length of the head and body, stoutly built, covered with 

 minute white hairs. The lateral gland is well marked in both 

 the specimens. Second and third unicuspids subequal, about 

 half the size of the first. 



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

 body 92 mm. ; tail 46 ; hind foot 14 ; ear 12. 



Skull : — Basal length 22 mm. ; anterior breadth 7'6 ; posterior 

 breadth 10 ; interorbital breadth 5'5 ; length of upper tooth- 

 series 10-2 ; tip of i^ to tip of p^ 5-4. 



Hah. Molopo, west of Morokwen. 



T^jpe. Male. B.M. "no. 4.10.1.62. Original number 87. 

 Collected 13th July, 1904. 



J. W. Gxill, who described * the collections made by J. F. 

 Victorin in South Africa, mentions that the type of C. argentata 

 was obtained at Roodeval in the Karroo. 



" I obtained both these Shrews in the dry bed of the Molopo 

 River, among the long dry gi'ass, in traps baited with dough set 

 in old mole-holes. The owls catch a great many of them, and I 

 think they must be common, but are difiicult to get." — R. B. W. 



8. Herpestes galera Erxl. 

 2 . W. 47. Kuruman. 



" Native name ' Moduba.' 



" This Mongoose was trapped in the reeds on the Kviruman 

 River. The natives say there used to be a great many about, 



* Zool. Anteckn. in Vetensk. Ak. Haiidl. 1858, ii. p. 16, no. 10. 



