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understood that they were taken by Mr. Currie, who is, in all 

 cases, responsible for the native names and, unless the contrary 

 is stated, for the measurements of the total length, tail verte- 

 bras, and hind foot. I am much indebted to Mr. Wm. E. de 

 Winton for aid in determining many of the rodents, and also 

 for identification of most of the Cam.eroon material on which 

 comparisons are based. Dr. F. A. Jentink has kindly com- 

 pared a specimen of Pi^istrcllus minusculiis with the type of 

 P. stamjlii in the Ley den Museum. This paper is published 

 here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. 



FUNISCIURUS PYRRHOPUS LEUCOSTIGMA (Temminck). 



1888. Sciiirtis pyrrhopus Jentink, Notes from the Leyden Museum, x, p. 37. 

 1890. S\ciuriis\ pyrrhopus leiicostigma Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 

 447. 



Native name, Buen-ben. 



The seven specimens of this squirrel show practically no variation 

 in color. A young individual, less than half grown, is duller than 

 the adults, and the light stripes on its sides ai'e paler. The skull of 

 Fujiischiriis pyrrhopus le7icostig7na is smaller than that of F. p. ?nys- 

 iax from the Benito River, Cameroon, the rostrum is less inflated in 

 front of zygoma root, and the shaft of the articular process of the 

 mandible is broader. Five adult males give the following measure- 

 ments : Total length 348.6 (extremes 323-380); tail vertebrae 152 

 (124-175); hind foot with claw 45.7 (44.5-47); hind foot without 

 claw 43.7 (43-44)- 



FUNISCIURUS POENSIS (A. Smith) ? 



1888. Sciuncs poensis Jentink, Notes from the Leyden Museum, x, p. 37. 



One badly damaged skin with imperfect tall and no skull is the 

 only representative of this animal in the collection. It was taken on 

 March 3. As compared with tluec specimens of F. poensis ixo\w the 

 Benito River, Cameroon, it differs in longer hind foot [38 (35-6) 

 against 33.6 (31), 34 (31-4) and 34.6 (32), respectively] and more 

 yellowish dorsal surface. The hairs of the back have the subterminal 

 pale band a bright ochre yellow, while in the Cameroon specimen it 

 is yellowish wood-brown. There is little probability that the Liberian 

 aniiiKil is true pooisis. 



