IN LIBEHIA. 39 



the figure represents the animal reduced at ^J^ of its na- 

 tural size (vide Explication des planches), 146.5 mM. and 

 113 mM.; so that the tail is in the text much longer than 

 head and body , and in the figure it is a good deal shorter 

 than head and body ! I was obliged to mention De Ro- 

 chebrune's species as there are in Büttikofer's collections 

 three specimens belonging to a species of Graphiurus ap- 

 proaching closely to Graphiurus hueti^ much more than 

 to Graphiurus capensis , the only two long- tailed and large 

 species with which our species can be compared. It differs 

 from G. hueti by having head and body longer than the 

 tail (not shorter, see De Rochebrune , p. 110), and un- 

 derparts of body not pure white as on the plate of G. 

 hueti (see De Rochebrune, pi. VI) and it is distinguished 

 from G. capensis by the different color of upper- and lower 

 parts. In our Museum there are still two other specimens 

 belonging to this new species : they are from the Gold- 

 Coast from the collections sent by Mr. Nagtglas in 1862. 

 As thus Mr. Nagtglas was the first collector of this spe- 

 cies I propose to call it after him 



Graphiurus nagtglasii^ n. sp. 



All the hairs are of a slaty black , on the head , upper- 

 parts and sides of the body and outside of legs tipped 

 with reddish brown , on the underparts of head and body 

 and inside of legs tipped with white. The distichous tail 

 very hairy ; hairs somewhat longer towards its tip , they 

 are of a livercolor with shining tips. Hands and feet white : 

 whiskers numerous , black and long. A more or less dark 

 reddish colored line from mouth round eyes. 



Measurements of an adult male (in alcohol) : 

 Length of head (from tip of nose) and body . 165 mM. 



» » tail without hairy tip 75 » 



» » » with » » 120 » 



» » hind foot 30 » 



» » ear 15 » 



With the here given description of a specimen from the 



J>3^otes from tbe Leyden IVIuseura , "Vol. X. 



