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Tilt' sabtoiininiil rings of tlie liains of tke foreheiid aiul cheeks are 

 [)aler than on tlie back, and these parts have, therefore, a grayish tint. 



Around the nostrils and eye and on the feet the hairs are dusky- 

 brown. The ears are dusky-browu externally, and have a tuft of 

 yellowish-white hairs on the upper part of the conch internally. 



Hairs of the under surfaces grayish chocolate-browu in the basal 

 half; terminal portion clear cinnamon-brown, varying to yellowish- 

 white in some specimens, es[)ecially between the hind legs. 



Skull. — Skull depressed, muzzle elongate, nasal bones rectangular, 

 slightly expanded posteriorly. Urbit completed behind by the uuiou 

 of the processes of the malar antl frontal bones. . 



Coronoid process of the mandible rectangular, inclined forward, 

 forming an angle of 4:5° with the molars; its upper margin nearly in 

 aline with the margin of the ramus posterior to the condyle. 



DIMENSIONS OF THE BODY.*- 



Localily. 



\ Mt. Kilitua-njaro 



' Taveta 



.do 



...do 



. no 



Head 

 and 

 body. 



Fore 

 foot. 



mm. 



513 

 588 

 470 

 520 

 500 



Hind 

 foot. 



Ear 

 from the 

 occiput. 



61 



59 I 

 58 ! 

 64 1 

 59 



vim. 

 14.5 

 12.5 

 15.5 

 13.5 

 13.0 



* Collected June 17, 1888. 



Dimensions of .<iki(ll No. H'lth (?> ^f- Kilima-njaro, June 17, 1888. 



mm. 



Greatest leugth from preinaxilla to occipital crest 95. 



Ba.si!ar length, from premaxilla to occipital condyle 89.5 



Premaxilla to posterior eud of palate 49.0 



Greatest breadth of skull 51.0 



Greatest leugth of nasals 25.0 



Breadth of nasals (taken together) at distal cud 12.0 



Breadth of nasals at proximal eud 19. 



Distance between extremities of postorbital processes of frontal 42.0 



Length of molars 34. 



* Taken from the dry skins, and therefore only approximately correct. 



