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animal. The description and figure are so unsatisfactory 
that no one has since been able to re-identify the mole with 
certainty. Dobson believes it to be a variety of C. rutilans 
(— C. hottentota), and Thomas has expressed the opinion that 
it may prove distinct. In my recent paper on the Golden 
Moles, I agreed in the main with both Dobson and Thomas 
that Wagner’s mole would prove to be a distinct sub-species 
of C. hottentota. 
Recently Dr. Gunning has obtained two specimens of 
Chrysochloris from Ngqeleni, West Pondoland, which I think 
we may conclude are Wagner’s C. albirostris. 
Specimen A has the back from the top of the head 
backwards of a very dark brown, nearly black. It is darker 
than the usual dark specimens of C. hottentota, but not so 
distinctly black as C. h. corriae. The sides are dark reddish 
brown and the abdomen rather lighter. The under fur is 
slaty grey on the body sides and abdomen. The eye region 
has the white spot more distinctly marked than in other 
varieties of C. hottentota and the white hairs are so numerous 
in front of this spot that the whole of the cheeks and pre- 
frontal region are light grey. Immediately above the nasal pad 
the white and dark hairs are about equally mixed, but on the 
cheeks the white greatly predominate. The frontal region is 
dark grey. The measurements given of the specimens are 
H. and b 113 mm., hind foot 11. It was captured on 1 7 th 
January, 1908, by Mr. H. H. Swinny. The sex is not given. 
The skull shows that the specimen is a very young adult. 
The following are the chief measurements of the skull : — : 
Greatest length 26, breadth 16, height 12*3, orbital region 
8*3, dental series 10*2, molar series 5-6, palatal width 8. 
Specimen R differs from the other in having the back of 
a lighter brown, in colour exactly agreeing with the typical 
dark specimens of C. hottentota. The fur of the face is slightly 
darker grey. 
This specimen j of which the measurements are 115 and 
11, is as seen by the skull scarcely full grown. 
The skulls show that this form is only a sub-species of 
C. hottentota. 
