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I am unable to discover geographical variation of any consequence 

 over all the region represented by the above listed material. There 

 is, as usual in Genetta, an immense amount of individual variation in 

 color and color pattern, but on the whole the series is readily distin- 

 guishable from the eastern erlangeri by darker appearance and con- 

 siderably darker tail. The specimens from Lake Naivasha and the 

 Sotik average a little larger in size than those from other places, and 

 have broader skulls, but the difference is of little consequence. One 

 melanistic specimen, in which the pattern of the markings is faintly 

 shown, is in the Mount Kenia series. 



There are plainly two geographic races of this species in the collec- 

 tion. As shown by our material, true stuhlmanni ranges east to Kenia 

 and Kilimanjaro, where it gives way to the next form, erlangeri. 

 No specimens from the actual coast strip, including the type-locality 

 of Genetta suahelica Matschie, are in the collection. 



Inasmuch as no description of the actual type-specimen of Genetta 

 stuJilmanni was given by Matschie, the following notes made by 

 Heller in Berlin are interesting: 



Genetta stuhlma7ini Matschie. TypeA5577; Bukoba; skull A5578; occipital region 

 cut away, not old, maxillary-palatine suture still open. Skin stuffed; color of dorsal 

 stripe and spots same as suahelica. Skull: Length postglenoid process to incisors, 58.3; 

 zygomatic breadth, 41; interorbital breadth, 11.5; post-orbital breadth, 11.5; upper 

 tooth row including canine, 33; nasals, 16 X 7.5; length of mandible, 57; palatal 

 length, 41. 



GENETTA STUHLMANNI ERLANGERI Matschie. 



1892. Genetta pardina True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, p. 454. (Part, speci- 

 mens from Taveta; not of Geoff roy.) 



1902. G[enetta] erlangeri Matschie, Verhandl. des V. Internat. Zool.-Congr. 

 Berlin, p. 1143. (Kitui, British East Africa; type in Berlin Museum.) 



Specimens. — Twenty, from localities as follows: 

 British East Africa: Maji-ya-chumvi, 4 (HeUer); Mariakani, 1 

 (Heller) ; Mount Mbololo 4, (Heller) ; Mtoto Andei, 3 (Heller) j Ndi, 1 

 (Heller); Taveta, 3 (Abbott); Ulukenia Hills, 2 (Loring); Voi, 2 



(Heller). 



While certain skins in this series approach in color some specimens 

 of stuhlmanni, the series as a whole is remarkably pale colored; the 

 ground color of the body decidedly buff or yellowiBh-bufF, and 

 the dark tailrings reddish rather than seal-brown or blackish. 

 The form represented seems clearly entitled to recognition as a 

 subspecies. The distribution merges into, rather than overlaps, that 

 of stuhlmanni. 



The following notes on the type-specimen were made by Heller in 

 Berlin : 



Genetta erlangeri. Type, A2170; Kitui, Ukamba; Hildebrandt, collector; skin 

 mounted, akull perfect. Color — light reddish type of Genetta, the dorsal stripe russet 

 and same color as the spots on back and sides; ground color everywhere buffy; tail 



