614 OLI )F] ELD THOMAS 



pure sharply defined wliite. Hands white liaircd on the metacar- 

 pals, the fingers naked. Feet with a brownish patch extending 

 partly on to the metatarsal , the rest of the metatarsal white ; 

 digits naked. Soles naked, with six large smooth pads; fifth toe 

 reaching, without claw, to the middle of the second phalanx of 

 the fourth. Tail long, rather finely scaled with alternating, non- 

 overlapping, hexagonal scales, running about 10 or 11 to the 

 centimetre ; its basal half-inch or inch liirred like the body, the 

 remainder practically quite naked ; prehensile portion at tip but 

 little differentiated from the rest. Mammae 1 — 2^=6. 



Skull with a fairly long muzzle and long narrow nasals. 

 Zygomata not very abruptly springing outwards in front. Inter- 

 orbital region slightly concave, its edges beaded, but not strongly 

 ridged. Brain case smooth and rounded. Palate ending opposite 

 til e centre of m'^. 



Molars comparatively large and heavy, their pattern simpler 

 and more murine than in the highly specialized group of which 

 P. forbesi is typical. 



Dimensions of the two co-types, male and female : 



Head and body 148 and 149; tail 214 and 213; hind-foot 

 26 and 26.7; ear 15 and Ib.o. Skull (.7) basal length 34.5; 

 basilar length 32.2; greatest breadth 21.6; nasals 13 X 4; inter- 

 orbital breadth 5; interparietal 7 X H.o; palate length from 

 henselion 18.2; diastema 11.7; palatal foramina 4.7; length of 

 upper molar series 6.8. 



Hab. Ha veri. 



This fine species may be readily recognized by its large size, 

 heavy molars, greyish colour, and practically naked tail. 



24. Pogonomys lepidus, sp. n. 



57 Havcri, 8 Noveiiib.:r 18;)3. 



Size small, form comparatively slender. Fur soft and close. 

 General colour deep rufous, darker along the back, richer and 

 brighter on the Hanks. Eyes not prominently black-rimmed. No 

 lighter markings behind eyes or ears. Ears small , narrow , 

 rounded, naked. Upper lips, lower half of cheeks, and the whole 

 of the underside pure sharply-defined white. Hands and feet 



