DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW MAMMALS 
By Austin Roberts 
During last year a large number of mammal specimens were added to the 
Transvaal Museum collection, amongst which are a few apparently not yet 
described. Besides these, the following rare species were secured: 
Myotis tricolor (Temminck) at Venterskroon, Potchefstroom, collected by 
Museum staff. 
Cloeotis percivali Thomas. Pretoria, collected by Museum staff. 
Rhinolophus darlingi Andersson. Pretoria, Museum staff. 
Rhinolophus geoffroyi A. Smith ( Zool . Journ. iv. p. 433, 1829), Lormarins 
(Paarl), and Klaver, C. P., taken by Museum staff. This name apparently 
takes precedence over that of Rhinolophus augur Andersson ( Ann . and Mag. 
N.H. ser. 7, vol. xiv. p. 380, 1904), by which it has been commonly known 
since the date of its description. 
Crocidura cyanea Duvernoy. Lamberts Bay, C. P., taken by Museum staff. 
Viverra civetta Schreber. Rustenburg District, taken by W. Powell, and low 
veld of Zoutpansberg District, taken by Museum staff. 
Mungos grandis (Thomas). Rustenburg District, taken by W. Powell. 
Heliosciurus flavivittus (Peters) . Myiai, 40 miles south-east of Daressalaam, 
E. Africa. This species was quite common at this place, where Paraxerus cepapi 
(A. Smith) was also quite common, and a specimen, of which the skull was 
unfortunately lost, was also obtained. H. flavivittus was very readily dis- 
tinguishable in life by the broad white lateral stripe. 
Epimys namaquensis grahami mihi. Lormarins (Paarl), Klaver, and 
Lamberts Bay. This species was originally described from Namaqualand, 
and it is therefore surprising to find the larger subspecies recently described 
from Grahamstown occurring so far west. It was rare at all these localities. 
Cistugo lesueuri sp. nov. 
This genus was first described by Thomas [Ann. and Mag. N.H. ser. 8, 
vol. x. pp. 204-206, 1907) on a single specimen taken in Angola. Apparently 
no more specimens have since been collected, and it is therefore pleasing to 
be able to record yet another specimen from so far south, and apparently 
representing another species. The present one differs most markedly from 
Cistugo seahrae in size, the cranial and external characters seemingly differing 
but little ; there appear to be no glands on the wing, however, and the colour- 
ation is somewhat different, both of which may eventually prove to be of 
little importance. C. seahrae is described as: “General colour dull drab, the 
bases of the hairs everywhere slaty, the tips above drab, below whitish. 
Membranes brown, with whitish edges, the light-coloured reticulations 
conspicuous.” In the present species, the base of the hair is black, the upper 
parts as far as the crown terminally “honey-yellow” (Ridgway, 1912), the 
under parts as far as the chin much paler, yellowish white. The top of the 
head shows less of the yellowish colour and merges into the dark brown which 
characterises the face. Hair on the edge of the wing membrane merging from 
