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the other hand the colour is that of an old <$. Traps were set for a week 
in the same burrows where the large $ was taken, but only resulted in 
the capture of a fairly young $ which does not differ from others of the 
same age caught in burrows not far off, although the traps were nearly 
always found set off. Eight skins with skulls and one skull were 
preserved of the specimens taken at the same place within an area of two 
hundred square yards. 
Text fig. 10. — Skull of Georychus anomaly,*, sp. nov., from dorsal aspect, 
specimen, T. M. Cat., No. 1253. 
In some specimens the premaxilla does not project backwards beyond 
the nasals : thus the transverse suture cuts almost straight across. 
Old (?) 
Type $. 
2 ad. c£. 
4 ad. $. 
1 young 
H. and B. ... 
160 
140 145 -150 
135 -145 
(3 molars.) 
105 
Tail 
20 
20 
15 - ? 
17 - 21 
19 
Hd. ft. 
32 
26 
24 - 26 
23 - 26*5 
22 
Cond. inc. 
44 
40 
39-3- 40*2 
38 - 39 
34-1 
Cond. nas. ... 
39-2 
36 
34*4- 36 
33*4- 34-4 
30-7 
Zyg. br. 
29*6 
28 
26-5- 27-5 
25*3- 26-2 
22*9 
Br. premax. ... 
8*5 
7*3 
6*8- 7-5 
6*6- 7 
6*3 
Int. orb. br. ... 
8-4 
7*5 
7*3- 8 
7*4- 7-5 
7-4 
Br. brain case 
16-5 
16-1 
15*3- 16-8 
15-7- 16*2 
15*1 
Nas. leng. ... 
16-3 
14-5 
13-7- 14-5 
14 - 14*7 
12 
Nas. br. 
3-5 
3 
2*9- 3*3 
3 - 3*2 
2*8 
Mol. ser. 
7*5 
7-1 
6-7 
6-4- 7 
— 
Diastema 
13-5 
12 
11-2- 12-8 
10-5- 11 
10*2 
Br. inc. 
5-5 
5*3 
5 - 5-7 
4*5- 5 
4*3 
Br. mol. 
6*5 
6-3 
6*5- 6*6 
5 • 6- 6*3 
5*4 
An old and a young adult <$ 
taken in stony 
ground on the hillside 
above “ The Fountains, ’ 
’ Pretoria, 
, seem to be referable to the 
same sub- 
species, the nasals being about the same shape and measurements about the 
same : — 
H. and B. Tail. 
Hd. ft. 
Cond. inc. 
Cond. nas. Zyg. br. Mol. 
Br. i. 
152 19 
27 
42*8 
39 28 
•7 7*1 
6*1 
140 21 
26*5 
40 
37 25 
•2 7*2 
5 
206. Georychus aberrans , spec. nov. (Text fig. 11.) 
Quite different from all the preceding species in having the nasals 
pointed at the back, swelling out broadly forwards, then tapering down to a 
very narrow neck, and finally swelling out again at the tip ; the nasals 
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