Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Tlie specimen was captured on 7t!i December, 1907. 
Unfortunately the skull lias been badly injured, but as 
the tooth- bearing portion had been left in the skin, enough 
remains to remove all doubt as to the distinctness of the 
species. The teeth are 40 in number, thus differing from 
C. hottentota. But apart from number they differ greatly 
in character. The incisors present no striking characteristics, 
though the second is not so high as in the C. hottentota. 
The canine, though small, has a distinct posterior small 
cusp. The 1st premolar is much larger than is ever the case 
in any variety of C. hottentota, even than in the gigantic 
C. li. longiceps, and it is distinctly molariform. 
The other two premolars are shorter antero-posteriorly 
than in C. hottentota but much wider, and resemble more 
those of C. asiatica. The lower molars differ from those of 
C. hottentota and C. sclateri in having the posterior talons 
rudimentary. 
In the last two premolars there is a minute talon, in the 
first molar only a rudiment, and in the last two molars no 
trace. The following are some of the chief measurements : 
Dental series 12 mm. (c C. hottentota 8*7—1 1 , C. sclateri 9*6, 
C. asiatica 10, C. villosa 13*3) ; molar series 6*7 mm. (c/. 
C. hottentota 5-6*6, C. sclateri 5*6, C. asiatica 6, C. villosa 7*7) ; 
palatal width 7*4 mm. ( cf . hottentota 7*5-8*8, C. sclateri 7*7, 
C. asiatica 8*5, C. villosa 10). 
It will thus be seen that though the jaw is long it is 
relatively narrower than in any other species. Between the 
last premolars in C. hottentota there is a space of from 4 to 
4*5 mm.; in C. gunningi, though the jaw is longer, the space 
is only 3*2. 
Chrysochloris gunningi as regards its teeth comes nearer 
to C. asiatica than to C. hottentota, and yet as regards the 
skull it is almost certain to bear a greater resemblance to the 
latter. But until the skull is completely known, the nearest 
relationship cannot be determined and all that can at present 
be affirmed is that it is not a near ally of any of the previously 
known species. The Type specimen, collected by Mr. F. 
Vaughan Kirby, is in the Transvaal Museum. 
CHRYSOCHLORIS HOTTENTOTA ALBIROSTRIS, 
WAGNER. 
Many years ago Wagner described a mole from 
“ Kaffraria ” under the name of Chrysochloris albirostris, 
and gave what must be regarded as a very poor figure of the 
