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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Further Observations on the Ghrysochloridae. 
By R. Broom, M.D., D.Sc., C.M.Z.S. 
In a recent paper entitled “ A Contribution to the Know- 
ledge of the Cape Golden Moles,” I endeavoured to 'give a 
systematic review of the genus Chrysochloris so far as it was 
known to occur in South Africa, and I pointed out how 
imperfect our knowledge still is as regards some of the imper- 
fectly described species of the old writers, and even as regards 
the distribution of some of the well-known forms. Gradually, 
however, more and more is becoming known, and the most 
recent important advances we owe to Dr. Gunning, of the 
Transvaal Museum, through whom a new species has been 
found and, what is perhaps of equal importance, the re- 
discovery apparently of Chrysochloris albirostris of Wagner. 
CHRYSOCHLORIS GUNNINGI, N. SP. 
Until recently the only specimens of Chrysochloris known 
to have been found in the Transvaal were obtained at 
W akkerstroom, just over the Natal Border, and they belonged 
to a Natal variety of C. hottentota which I had named 
C. h. longiceps. In December, 1907, Dr. Gunning obtained from 
Woodbusli Hill, Zoutpansberg, a specimen of a Golden Mole 
which he sent me for determination. 
As might be expected from its occurrence so far from 
the habitat of others of the genus, it has proved to belong to 
a very distinct new species, which I have much pleasure in 
naming after Dr. Gunning. 
In general appearance this little mole is not unlike the 
typical reddish forms of C. hottentota. The back is dark 
reddish-brown, but more lustrous than in C. hottentota. The 
abdomen is lighter reddish-brown ; the breast and throat 
still lighter. The cheeks are yellowish-brown, owing to the 
deep fur being yellow. There are no white hairs anywhere 
on the face. 
In the front foot tlie 3rd claw is much slenderer than is 
ever the case in C. hottentota, but the relative lengths of the 
claws are fairly similar. As the skin had been dried, no satis- 
factory description can be given of the nose pad, but it does 
not seem to differ much from that of C. hottentota. 
The length of the specimen, measured in the flesh, was 
120 mm. and the hind foot 15 mm. The sex, female. 
