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are smaller, except the last, which is rather larger. All the lower 

 molars have the posterior talon. 



The following are the principal measurements of the type skull 

 and of that of another specimen : — 



Orbital Dental Molar Palatal 

 Length. Breadth. Height. Region. Series. Series. Width. 



Type... 22-5 14 10-8 6-8 9-4 5-4 6-8 



B 23 14-2 10-2 6-8 9-3 5-3 7-2 



Across the front of the snout C. sclateri measures 4*8, C. 

 duthicB, 4. 



In the type specimen, which is a female, the head and body 

 measure 105 mm., and the hind foot 9-3. 



Locality : Cultivated ground, Knysna. Obtained April, 1907. 



The type specimen will be placed in the South African Museum. 



From Port Elizabeth I have an immature specimen which seems 

 to belong to this species, and which would seem to indicate that the 

 species has a fairly wide range. 



Chrysochloris damarensis, Ogilby. 

 Though this species has been regarded by Dobson and others as a 

 local variety of C. asiatica, it seems to me very improbable that the 

 Cape form, which is not known to occur in Namaqualand, should 

 reappear in Damaraland, and further, the colouration seems too 

 unlike that of C. asiatica to suggest its being a local variety. It is 

 thus described by Ogilby : "Brown, with a silvery lustre both above 

 and below ; a yellowish-white semicircle extends from eye to eye, 

 under the chin, covering the whole of the cheeks, lips, and lower 

 jaw." Provisionally it seems better to retain it as a distinct species. 



Chrysochloris hottentota. Smith. 

 Most of the other species of Chrysochloris are very well defined 

 and vary very slightly, but w^e have here a form that varies so greatly 

 that it is very difficult to strictly define it and to say how far the 

 more marked varieties should be regarded as distinct species rather 

 than varieties. Possibly most of the ill-defined species of earlier 

 writers are but some of the numerous varieties met with. From 

 Stellenbosch in the West to Zululand in the East one variety or 

 other is met with in nearly every district. In many cases the 

 varieties are so well defined and so local in distribution as to seem 

 to justify them being described as species, and recently Thomas and 

 Schwann have so regarded two of the more marked forms. As the 



