in the Collection of the British Museum. 329 



Var. Face and chest blackish grey like belly. 

 //aZ>. West Africa : B.M. Ashantee : B.M. Guinea (Temm.). 

 Niger Expedition (Eraser, B.M.). 



Known from the former species by the bright colour of the tail 

 and the absence of the red hinder edge of the fore legs. 



7. Macroxus annulatus. 



Sciurus annulatus, F. Cuv., Desm. 1820; Temni. Esq. 1837. 

 Sc. gambianus, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 103; Temm. Esq. 140. 

 Sc. multicolor, Riipp. Atlas, t. 13. 

 Xerus multicolor, Temm. 



Sc. cepate, A. Smith, 111. Z. S. A. t. 5 ; Peters, Saugeth. 130, t. 32. f. A 

 (skull). 



Fur pale olive-grey, punctulated with black and yellow ; 

 throat and underside yellowish or white; face, sides of the throat, 

 shoulders and thighs, and feet yellower. Small size. 



Var. albina, West Africa (Rendal, B.M.). 



Hab. West Africa, Gambia (Rendal, Ogilby, type). Central 

 Africa (Dr. B. Baikie, B.M.). East Africa, Abyssinia (Riippell, 

 B.M., type). South Africa (Dr. A. Smith, B.M., type ; Sun- 

 devall, B.M.). 



Not distinguished by Temminck. 



8. Macroxus isabellinus. 



Fur thick, close, olive-brown, closely punctulated with grey 

 and black; tail like the back, end very obscurely ringed, tip 

 dark grey, hairs black-and-yellow-ringed ; throat and underside 

 of the body greyish white. 



Hab. West Africa. B.M. 



This species is very like the former ; but it is larger, the fur 

 much thicker, longei', and darker below, and the tail much more 

 bushy. 



The adult and young specimens in the British Museum, ob- 

 tained from Mr. Warwick, are much alike, and different from 

 any of the varieties of M. annulatus. 



** Tail elongated, punctulated, not or only very obscurely annulated. 



Small-sized. 



9. Macroxus poensis. 



Sciurus poensis, A. Smith, S. A. Zool. Journ. ; Temm. Esq. 141. 



Dark olive-grey, minutely punctulated with black and yellow; 

 chin, throat, and beneath rufous grey ; hair lead-coloured, with 

 yellowish tips. Tail elongate, coloured like the back, with a fuller 

 black tip ; hairs yellow, with two black bands and a black tip. 



Hab. Fernando Po (Thompson) : B.M. Ashantee : B.M. 



