132 Zoological Society : — 



Teeth white. Feet very slender, weak. Tail nearly as long as the 

 body and head, very slender, annulated, covered with very short 

 closely adpressed hair. 



Length of body and head, dry, 2-§ inches ; tail, dry, 2 inches. 



" Mole from Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet above the level of 

 the sea, January 1862." 



Sciurus Isabella, sp. nov. 



Yellowish brown, minutely grizzled, with four broad dorsal streaks 

 — the two central from the crown of the head to the base of the tail, 

 the side ones from the shoulder only ; the underside whitish grey. 

 Tail slightly annulated. 



Length of body and head 7 inches ; tail 5 inches. 



"Squirrel from the Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet above the 

 level of the sea, January 1862." 



I have great pleasure in naming this beautiful new species after 

 Mrs. Isabel Burton, — her husband, the discoverer of it, having re- 

 quested that any novelty that might be in the list should be so 

 named. 



Anomalurus Beecroftii, Fraser. 



" A Flying Squirrel, shot in the Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet 

 above the level of the sea. Colour of the eyes dark grey. January 

 18, 1862." 



Mus maura, sp. nov. 



Fur very soft and silky ; above black, slightly marked with brown 

 from the minute brown tips of the hairs ; beneath whitish — the hair of 

 the underside black, white-tipped. Teeth very narrow, orange. 

 Ears rounded, moderate. Sides of the nose and edge of the orbits 

 black. Eyes covered with very short close-pressed hairs. Tail very 

 long, slender, closely annulated with very slender, very short ad- 

 pressed hair. 



Length of body and head A\ inches ; tail 5 inches ; hind foot 

 very nearly 1 inch. 



" Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet above the level of the sea." 



EURYOTIS IRRORATA, Sp. 110V. 



" Rat from the Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet above the level 

 of the sea. January 1862." 



I am not certain about this species until I can compare the skull 

 with those of the other species of the genus from Africa, as they are 

 all very similar externally. 



"With these animals was sent the skin of a Chimpanzee without 

 its skull, but with the bones of the hand and feet enclosed in the 

 skin. This skin differs from all the other specimens of this species 

 which I have seen, in being covered with much more abundant and 

 softer fur, and in the fur of the back being of a brown colour, from 

 the large brown tips to the blackish hair. It would seem to indicate 

 a distinct variety or species, which may be designated, until we re- 

 ceive better specimens and more particulars, Troglodytes vellerosus. 



