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  1 
  *- 
  0. 
  Thomas 
  on 
  

  

  demarcation 
  perceptible; 
  inconspicuous 
  patches 
  of 
  whitish 
  

   on 
  chin 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  chest 
  between 
  fore 
  limbs. 
  Head 
  rather 
  

   greyer 
  than 
  back. 
  Sides 
  of 
  muzzle 
  suffused 
  with 
  dull 
  in- 
  

   conspicuous 
  tawny, 
  barely 
  extending 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Ears 
  

   dark 
  brown. 
  Hands 
  and 
  feet 
  brown, 
  not 
  buffy. 
  Tail 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  scarcely 
  lighter 
  below. 
  

  

  Skull 
  essentially 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  bacchante, 
  the 
  bullas 
  a 
  little 
  

   smaller. 
  Teeth 
  small, 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  Eastern 
  forms, 
  though 
  

   still 
  decidedly 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  Western 
  (E. 
  ornatus. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (measured 
  in 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  137 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  165 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  31 
  ; 
  ear 
  19*5. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  37*4 
  ; 
  basilar 
  length 
  29*4; 
  palatal 
  

   foramina 
  7 
  ; 
  upper 
  molar 
  series 
  7. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Solai, 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Kenya, 
  B.E.A. 
  Alt. 
  

   8000'. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  female. 
  Original 
  number 
  1561. 
  Collected 
  

   by 
  Robin 
  Kemp. 
  Presented 
  by 
  C. 
  D. 
  Rudd, 
  Esq. 
  Six 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  This 
  Kenya 
  CEnomys 
  differs 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  known 
  forms 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus 
  by 
  the 
  slaty 
  bases 
  to 
  its 
  belly-hairs. 
  

  

  CEnomys 
  oris, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  (E. 
  bacchante, 
  but 
  size 
  larger. 
  

  

  Size 
  about 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  hypoxanthus, 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  markedly 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  (E. 
  bacchante. 
  Colour 
  quite 
  as 
  

   in 
  the 
  latter. 
  Feet 
  pale 
  brown. 
  

  

  Skull 
  shaped 
  as 
  in 
  (E. 
  bacchante, 
  but 
  larger 
  throughout. 
  

   Interorbital 
  region 
  narrower 
  than 
  in 
  hypoxanthus. 
  Bulloe 
  

   large. 
  

  

  Teeth 
  large 
  and 
  heavy, 
  quite 
  equalling 
  those 
  of 
  Cameroon 
  

   examples 
  of 
  (E. 
  hypoxanthus. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (measured 
  in 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  179 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  184 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  32-5 
  ; 
  ear 
  22. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  41 
  ; 
  basilar 
  length 
  33 
  ; 
  greatest 
  

   breadth 
  20 
  ; 
  interorbital 
  breadth 
  5"3 
  ; 
  breadth 
  of 
  brain-case 
  

   15*7 
  ; 
  palatilar 
  length 
  18'4 
  ; 
  palatal 
  foramina 
  8'2 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   molar 
  series 
  7'8. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mt. 
  Kinangop, 
  Aberdare 
  Range, 
  British 
  East 
  

   Africa. 
  Alt. 
  1 
  1,000'. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Old 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  10. 
  5. 
  3. 
  154. 
  Original 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  696. 
  Collected 
  25th 
  February, 
  1910, 
  by 
  Robin 
  Kemp. 
  

   Presented 
  by 
  C. 
  D. 
  Rudd, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  The 
  ordinary 
  E. 
  -African 
  (E. 
  bacchante 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Kemp 
  well 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  Aberdare 
  Range, 
  but 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  

   the 
  present 
  description 
  differs 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  specimens 
  

  

  