CHRYSOCHLORIS VILLOSA. 
first discovered, and the one lately added by Mr. Ogilby, resemble each other as regards the 
characters of their fur, and it requires some attention to the individual characters of each 
species, to enable the naturalist to distinguish them from each other. Chrysochloris villosa, 
however, is so very unlike the other three, that no labour is required to discover its differences. 
Chrysochloris aurata. and Ch. Hottentota differ materially from each other as regards their 
habits, and they form their burrows after a different manner. Of the habits of the present 
species we know nothing. It was discovered near Port Natal, and at that time it was wandering 
apparently at random upon some meadow ground, which was covered with long grass. In its 
stomach were found the remains of insects and their larva;. The species described by Mr. 
Ogilby was obtained on the west coast of South Africa, some four or five hundred miles north 
of Cape Town, and bears a considerable resemblance to Chrysochloris aurata. 
The following are the species at present known. 
Chrysochloris aurata. Desm. 
Chrysochloris Hottentota. Smith. 
Chrysochloris villosa. Smith. 
Chrysochloris Hamarensis. Ogilby. 
