542 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1896. 



The measurements of Dr. Smith's specimen are as follows — Total 

 length, 143 mm. ; tail vertebrse, 42 ; hind foot, 24'' ; fore foot, 16. 



Skull — Basilar length (of Hensel), 23.5 mm. ; end of nasals to 

 occipital ridge, 23 ; zygomatic width, 20.5 ; interorbital constriction, 

 6.5 ; length of nasals, 9.8 ; base of upper incisors to m. 1 , 9 ; length 

 of mandible, 22.2 ; breadth of mandible, 15. 



52. Rliizomys splendens (Riipp.). Lesser African Mole Rat. 



A specimen (No. 3,924) of a male Mole Rat, from " Gineer," 

 (Gineh ?) preserved in alcohol, is in the collection. Its size and col- 

 oration place it with the first species described by Riippel from 

 Dembea. 



63. Pectinator spekei BIyth. Brush-tailed Rat. 



A pair of these interesting rodents, male and female, (Nos. 3,921, 

 3,922) taken at Sheikh INIahomet, December 4, 1894. They corre- 

 spond closely to Blyth's original diagnosis of the type taken in east- 

 ern Somaliland. 



The female, a full aged adult, measures (from spirit specimen) 190 

 mm. in total length ; the tail, 30; the hind foot, 36; the ear, from 

 crown, 10. 



54. Lepus sp. ? 



An apparently young hare (No. 3,811) without skull, and labeled 

 " The Haud," July 22, 1894, is the only representative of this genus. 

 Its alliance seems to be with L. ochropus Wagner, as quoted by 

 Matschie in the Mammalogy of East Africa. 



*55. Felis leo somaliensis Noack. Somali Lion. 



Two very fine skins of male and female are in the University of 

 Pennsylvania exhibit. 



*"56. Felis pardus nimr (Ehrenb.). Steepe Leopard. 



Five leopard skins in the University of Pennsylvania exhibit may 

 be classed with the form designated by Ehrenberg and revived by 

 Matschie. 



67. Felis caracal nubica (Fitz.). African Caracal. 



A half grown specimen (No. 3,931) of a male taken October 

 2, 1895, is in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. 



■ ^^The hind foot of glaber is given as 21.2 mm., but the fact of its being 

 taken from a dried specimen would largely account for the difference in size. 



