KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48, N:o 5. 67 
and the M. sanguineus groups are not very sharp. The race which is to be described 
now, as it cannot be identified with any known form, appears to be intermediate, and 
its subspecific name is added to the species name sanguineus which is much older 
than ochraceus. 
Upper parts of the whole animal grizzled, the hair being broadly annulated 
with buffish white, sometimes more inclining to ochraceous, and dark brown to blackish. 
The annulation of the hair tends to produce about 2 mm. broad, somewhat wavy, 
blackish transverse stripes which are visible on the posterior two thirds of the body, 
and sometimes as far forward as above the shoulders. The pale bands between 
these look broader than the black in consequence of the arrangement of the hair, 
although on the single hairs the dark rings are broader than the light. The hairs 
are about 13—15 mm. on the anterior, 15—17 mm. on the posterior parts of the 
back, single hairs being somewhat longer. Each hair has three alternating light and 
dark rings, the base being light, and the tip dark. The head is more finely, and 
the tail more coarsely grizzled. The hair of the latter has 4 or 5 pale rings the last 
of which often reaches the tip. The legs are grizzled, but the fingers are more or 
less uniform buff. The lower side is different in different specimens. A fully adult 
but not old male is uniform rather rufous buff all over the lower surface and on the 
inside of the hind legs, but the chin and lower neck is somewhat grizzled separated 
by a uniformly buff-coloured patch on the throat. In another male and a female, 
both old, the whole of the lower neck is grizzled, and the middle of the thoracic 
region is also grizzled. The ventral region and the inside of the legs which are uni- 
formly coloured are dull buff. The general arrangement of the grizzled areas is 
similar to these latter specimens in a young male but the colour is still duller, pale 
greyish buff. The black tip to the tail is longest in the old male, about 13 cm. to 
the tip of the hairs, in the others it is only 7 cm. The hair of the tail is from 30 
to 40 mm. The dimensions of the four specimens show some variability especially 
with regard to the length of the tail: 
oO old length of head and body about 27'/: cm, of tail without hair 32. em. 
So adult » >» >» ; > » Q28'2 » » » » » 33/2 » 
2 old » » » » » » 99 » » » » > 94 » 
‘of young » » » » » » 27 > » > » » 264/2 > 
Old skulls with the nasal 
| sutures obliterated (conf, 
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mm. | mm. 
Cond yopasaliength af aleulll “s&s iris <\Sey Mines ay ecg. ene! 64 / 61 
ennucweaniine lentils 3 45 oi SR EE ALOE OP SOP OPE) Le? 2 61,5 | 57,5 | 
BPROMACHS PRGA) ) 5h ihe Rit, Pa eo cend oe eMail af BB. eee 33 29,5 
Distance between outer sides of p‘ posteriorly .......... 20,8 19,8 | 
Distance from frontside of ec to hindsurface of m' ........ 22,2 21,6 
GraMpent GIatincer OL p* 3) i Warnmte ts. 1b. ates Shel che. oe se 7,1 7,2 / 
CirU ReeO CLMITIDESK OE U7 1 a tees iF mel wn ela fe Yep les kk ow 6 58 | 
LGR MiceLOLDicas Dromtll. <P ses Ft. eee SS 12.6 114 
Least breadth at postorbital constriction ............ 8,5 10 
