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in that on the right side there are only 9 teeth though there are 10 

 on the left. This is evidently due to the suppression of the 3rd 

 incisor. As in C. asiatica there is no posterior talon on the molars. 



The type specimen measures 82 mm. in length, and the hind foot 

 9 mm. 



The type is in the South African Museum. 



I have named the species after Mr. C. H. B. Grant, who has done 

 so much to advance our knov^ledge of South African mammals. 



Chrysochloris namaquensis, Broom. 



This is another of the species represented by skulls collected at 

 Garies. Unfortunately the skin is at present unknown, but I hope 

 ere long to have some specimens. It is represented in my collection 

 by four skulls. Like C. granti the skulls are of small size, but they 

 differ in being relatively narrower, in having a fairly well-developed 

 temporal bulla, and in having the first premolar large and with two 

 roots. 



The following are the principal measurements of the four skulls 

 known, of which the first will be regarded as the type : — 



Orbital Dental Molar Palatal 

 Length. Breadth. Height. Eegion. Series. Series. Width. 



A (type) ... 21 15-5 11-5 6-3 9-5 5-7 7-8 



B 21-5 15-8 11-5 6-5 9-5 5-7 7-7 



C 21-3 16 11 6-5 9-5 5-6 7-6 



D _ 16 — 6-3 9-5 5-6 7-2 



The head of the malleus is club-shaped rather than rounded as in 

 G. asiatica, and this is the reason why the temporal bulla does not 

 project as in the common species. 



The chief dental peculiarity is that the 1st premolar has the main 

 cusp much better developed than usual, and much larger than in 

 C. asiatica. 



Though more closely allied to C asiatica than either C. wintoni 

 or C. granti, the skull of this species differs in being appreciably 

 smaller, in being relatively narrower, and in the much smaller 

 size of the temporal bulla. 



The only known specimens were obtained at Garies, Namaqualand, 

 Cape Colony. 



The type has been placed in the South African Museum, and one 

 of the other skulls presented to the British Museum, and one to the 

 Albany Museum, Grahamstown. 



