MACROSCELIDES EDWARDII. 
brush. Fur, long, soft, silky, and strongly recumbent, particularly on the 
head, back, and sides. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the tip of the proboscis 
to the point of the tail .... 10 8 
of the head 2 2 
of the proboscis 0 5 
of the tail 5 3 
of the ears 0 11 
of the fore-legs 2 0 
Nothing is known of the female. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the hind legs 4 2 
of the tarsus 1 1| 
of the toes 0 If 
Distance between the proboscis and the 
eyes 0 11^ 
between the eyes and the ears 0 5^ 
Height when standing 2 4 
For the specimen which has enabled us to figure and describe this new species, the Cape 
Association is indebted to the liberality of the Messieurs Verreaux, of Cape Town, all zealous 
and useful members of the Association. It was killed by M. Edward Verreaux, after whom 
we have named it, in one of the central districts of the colony, near to the Oliphant’s river, 
and in a locality bearing little or no vegetation, except a few dwarf shrubs. In the stomach 
were contained comminuted insects. The ears are narrower in proportion to their length than 
those of any of the other South African species ; and the difference between the colours of the 
back and sides is so palpable, and the boundaries of the colours so well defined, that by 
these characters alone the species is readily to be distinguished. 
