"ERINACEUS FRONTALIS. Er. oblongo ovatus; spinis variè intertextis, ad basin albis, in medio purpurascentibus, versus apicem albidis-brunneo apiculatis; pilis brunneis, fascia frontalis albæ rigidis, auriculas oblongas obtegentibus. Hab. in Africâ Australi.

Long. corporis 51⁄2, lat. 3 unc.; long. auriculæ, 7 lin.; pedis postici cum unguibus, 1 unc. 5 lin. "In form this new species approaches the European hedgehog, which it also resembles in its general colouring and in its concealed ears; but these organs, although not at first sight visible, are, in the Cape hedgehog, long, their auricle, which is rather narrow and nearly oblong, being produced more than half an inch, while in the Er. Europæus this part is not at all lengthened, but forms merely a narrow margin surrounding the ears. In Er. auritus, and in the two species from the Himalayan mountains, recently described by Mr. Bennett (page 128), the auricles are not only considerably produced, but are quite uncovered, forming a striking part in the physiognomy of these animals.

Among the brown hairs which cover the under part of the sides, and the belly and limbs, a few white bristles are intermixed; and in the individual exhibited, there is a white patch occupying the inside and base of one of the fore-legs, and a second, covering about one half of the lower jaw on one side : these marks Mr. Bennett regarded as accidental *.”

Zoological Proceedings, Part XI. page 198.