72 
Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
62. Grocidura Martens* i, Dobs. 
I, Knysna (?). 
This specimen bears no label indicating where it was taken, but as 
the “make-up” of the skin is like that of Rex, it most likely came from 
Knysna. The skin measures, about: H. and B. 86, tail 67, hind foot 15*5. 
63. Chrysochloris Duthiae , Broom. 
1 1 $, and 2 in spirits, Knysna (Rex). 
64. Chrysochloris Gunningi , Broom. 
1 & 1 $ (type), Woodbush (Kirby and pres. Miss A. Eastwood). 
65. Amblysomus hottentottus , (A. Sm.). 
1 (J, Pirie (Stenning). 
1 §, Pirie (Stenning). 
The £ has a skull of the average size, while the $ has a much larger 
skull (length 29 ’9 mm.), though in other respects it does not differ 
materially from the It is possible that these skulls have been attached 
to the wrong skins, but against this the measurements recorded on the 
labels are : for the <J, head and body 116, and for the $ 120. 
66. Amblysomus hottentottus longiceps , Broom. 
2 <J, 2 $, Dargle District, Natal (Roberts). 
II, Wakkerstroom (Roberts) ; and 7 skulls. 
4, Belfast, Transvaal (pres. E. E. Yates, Esq., and Roberts). 
This series does not throw much light upon the variation of the 
species. Specimens from the Dargle District are similar to those from 
Pirie ; the Wakkerstroom specimens are darker and larger than those from 
the Dargle ; while two of the four specimens from Belfast are very bright 
red, matching in colour the two specimens of G. gunning i from Woodbush, 
while the larger are like the Wakkerstroom specimens. The following 
table of measurements will better illustrate the measurements of skulls of 
specimens from the four districts mentioned : — 
Males. 
Pirie. 
Dargle, Wakkerstroom. 
Belfast. 
(1) 
(2) 
(9) 
(1) 
Gr. leng. 
... 26-9 
28-28*7 
29*5-30*5 
29*7 
Bas. leng. . . . 
... 18*8 
19-19*2 
20 -21*1 
20 
Gr. br. 
... 16*5 
16*6-17 
18*2-18*8 
18*2 
Int.-orb. br. 
... 7*8 
8*6-9 
8*2- 9*2 
9*4 
Dent. ser. ... 
... 9-9 
10*5 
11 -11*5 
11*5 
Br at mol. ... 
... 8-6 
8*8 
Females. 
8*6- 9*2 
9*3 
(1) 
(2) 
(7) 
(3) 
Gr. leng. 
... 29-9 
26*8-27*1 
27*8-29 
28 -29*5 
Bas. leng. ... 
... 20-9 
18*5-19 
19 -19*9 
19*3 
Gr. br. 
... 18-2 
16*1-16*5 
17*2-17*6 
16*5-17 
Int.-orb. br. 
... 8-4 
8*3- 8*6 
8*5- 8*9 
8*2- 8*8 
Dent. ser. ... 
... 11*3 
10 -10*1 
10*5-11 
10*8-11 
Br. at mol. ... 
... 8*7 
8*4- 8*6 
8*1-9 
8*2- 8*7 
There are also skins of a collected at Kastrol Nek, east of Wakker- 
stroom (6000 ft.), and of an unsexed specimen from Wakkerstroom 
(5500 ft.), and the skull of a $ from the latter place, which are smaller 
than those above mentioned, having regard to the sex. The unsexed 
specimen is apparently juvenile and of the usual colour; but whether the 
