330 Dr. J. E. Gray's Synopsis of the African Squirrels 



See Sciunis musculinus, Temm. Esq. 142 ; Guinea. Body 

 5 inches, tail 6^ inches long. Perhaps same as former. Who 

 does not recognize S. poensis from Dr. A. Smith's description ? 



*** Tail one-coloured, red. Middle-sized. 



10. Macroxus palliatus. 



Sciurus palliatus, Peters, Monat. 1852, p. 273; Mossam. 184, t. 31. f. 1 



(young), t. 32. f. 3 (skull). 

 Sc. ornatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 13, t. 1. 



Head, neck, chest, legs and thighs, and under part of the 

 body red ; tail bright red bay ; back, shoulders, rump, and upper 

 side of the base of the tail olive-grey, punctulated with white 

 and black. 



Hab. South Africa, Natal (Fosbrooke; Gray's type in B.M.). 

 Mossambique (Peters). 



b. Body with a pale stripe on each side, separated from the pale 

 colour of the under part of the body by a band of the same 

 colour as the back. 



1 1 . Macroxus pyrrhopus. 



Sciurus pyrrhopus, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t. ; Temm. Esq. 132. 



Sc. rubripes, Du Chaillu. 



Sc. erythropus, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith.; Waterh. Cat. Mus. Zool. Soc. 46. 



Sc. leucostiyma, Cuvier, fide Verreaux (uot Temm. Esq. 133). 



Xerus conyicus, Temm. Esq. 126 (not Sc. conyicus, Kuhl). 



Dark brown-grey, dorsal streak yellowish ; sides of the head, 

 throat, shoulders, sides of the body, outer side of thighs and 

 legs, and feet red ; chin, throat, chest, belly, and inuer side of 

 the legs white : tail black, obscurely pale-ringed, whitish- 

 washed, with a black tip ; hairs grey at the base, with a very 

 broad black ring and grey tip. 



Hab. West Africa: B.M. Guinea: B.M. Ashantee : B.M. 

 Fernando Po : type, Waterhouse and A. Smith. 



Var. erythrops. Fur darker, brighter brown, of the head 

 bright red chestnut. 



? Sc. ebii, Temm. Esq. 129. 



Hab. Gaboon (Walker). 



c. Back with a pale streak on each side ; cheeks and temples pale- 

 streaked. 



12. Macroxus conyicus. 



Sciurus conyicus, Kuhl, Beitr. 66 (young). Type, B.M. 



Sc. flavivittatus, Peters, Mossamb. Saugeth. 128, t. 29 (adult), t. 32. f. 1. 



Xerus jlavivittis, Temm. Esq. 124; Giebel, 59. 



Olive-grey, minutely punctulated with grey and black ; back 



