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The middle of the back is very dark brown, but the sides are very 

 distinctly rufous and the abdomen and chest rather pale fawn. The 

 cheeks are white, and the white patch extends upwards and back- 

 wards over the orbital region. In the upper part of it there are a 

 few dark-coloured hairs, but the anterior and lower part is pure 

 white. A narrow band of very dark brown passes out on each side 

 from the brain region and divides the pale cheeks from the reddish 

 sides of the neck. Altogether the arrangement is the most ornamental 

 in any mole yet examined. The lower lip and chin are very pale 

 slate-coloured. 



The specimen is a female, and measures 98 mm., head and body, 

 and 11 mm. hind foot. 



The following are the skull measurements : Length, 21-8 ; breadth, 

 15-3; height, 11 ; orbital region, 7 ; dental series, 9-5; molar series, 

 5"3 ; palatal width, 7*6. 



Pres. Mr. G. W. Johnston. 



Chrysochloeis duthie^, n. sp. 



The discovery of this beautiful little species we owe to Miss A. V. 

 Duthie, Lecturer on Botany, Victoria College, after whom I have 

 much pleasure in naming it. Being desirous of getting one or two 

 specimens of the Knysna forest mole in the flesh, I mentioned the 

 matter to Miss Duthie, who was returning to Knysna for the summer 

 vacation. In due course she kindly procured for me two specimens 

 in spirit, which had been obtained during the ploughing of the lands. 

 Being very dark-coloured, like Thomas's A, corrice, I at once assumed 

 I had got the mole I wanted, though the specimens seemed 

 smaller than I had expected. On removing the skulls, however, 

 great was my surprise to find I had come across another new 

 species, differing from the forest mole in having 40 instead of 36 

 teeth. 



Nose pad with the part behind the transverse groove narrow, only 

 1*5 mm. in width, outer edge rounded. Fur on back very dark grey, 

 almost black. The under fur slaty-grey. On the forehead and face 

 the fur is slightly lighter and has in it a tinge of brown. The lips are 

 light grey and a light patch extends back to the eye region. On the 

 chest the fur is dark grey, becoming lighter on the neck. 



The claws on the front foot are small, measuring : 1st, 1-5 ; 2nd, 4*5; 

 Srd, 8-5; 4th, -7. 



The skull is very like that of C. sclateri, but narrower both across 

 the brain case and across the snout. The orbital region is also 

 narrower. The teeth are also like those of C. sclateri, but the molars 



