1. HYHAX. 285 



the collection that I propose to designate it provisionally Hyrax 



semidrnikiris. 



The interparietal bone being on the edge of the occipital region 

 of the skull is a character (as well as the incomplete orbit) that 

 separates the skull of Hyrax from Dendrohi/rax, even in the 

 yoimgest state. 



* Dorsal sjyot black, well marked. Africa. 



1. Hyrax capensis. (The Klipdas.) 



Fur black, minutely punetulated with white, with a black dorsal 

 streak. 



Hyrax capensis, Schreh. Saugeth. p. 920, t. 240; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. ii. 



pp. 127, 141, t. 1, 2, .3; Grai/, List Mamm. Brit. Mm. p. 187; 



Gerrard, Cat. Bones Brit. Mus. p. 283 ; Blainville, Osteograph. t. 2 



(teeth & skuU) ; W. Read, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 13 ; Gray, Ann. Sj- 



3Iag. N. H. ser. 4. i. p. 42. 

 Cavia capensis. Pallas, Misc. pp. 34, 35 ; Spicil. ii. p. 22, t. 2. 

 Marmotte du Cap, Bitffon, Suppl. iii. p. 177, t. 29. 



Hub. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope (Dr. Aiulrew Smith). 



Var. Dorsal streak indistinct. — Gray, I. c. p. 42. 



Cape of Good Hope (Dr. Krauss). Skull and skeleton. B. M. 



For anatomy, see Pallas, Miscell. I. c. ; Owen, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 202 ; 

 Martin, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 13 ; Murie, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 329. But I 

 am bj' no means sure that several species may not be confounded 

 under this name in these papers, as all the specimens formerly re- 

 ceived at the Zoological Gardens were called H. capeiisis. 



** Dorsal streak yelloto, linear. 

 a. Fur harsh. 



2. Hyrax Burtonii. 



Fur rather harsh, pale yellow-grey, very slightly punetulated 

 with blackish ; dorsal streak small, yellow ; the hairs of the back 

 rather rigid, black or dark brown nearly the whole length, with a 

 moderate yellow tip ; imderside pale yellow ; interparietal bone half- 

 ovate, as long as broad. 



Hyrax syriacus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 



Hyrax abyssinicus, J. Burton, MS. B. M. ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 



p. 284. 

 Hyrax Burtonii, Gray, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. ser. 4. i. p. 43. 



Hab. North Africa, Egypt (James Burton, Esq.) : three speci- 

 mens and a skull in B. il. Senegal (Parzudaki) : a young specimen 

 in B.M. 



The imperfect skull sent by Mr. James Burton from North Africa, 

 with the skins, which I have named IT. Burtonii (No. 725 b), is not 

 quite adult, as the hinder or third upper true molar is not quite de- 

 veloped. It is very like No. 724 c in size, form, and in the form of 



