Four new Specks of Hedgehog. 231 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Hind foot (s. u.) 27\5 mm.; ear 26 (measured on spirit- 

 specimen). 



Skull : condylo-basal length 46 ; zygomatic breadth 28v ; 

 nasals 13 x 2*4 ; interorbital breadth 14 ; intertemporal 

 breadth 11'8 ; postglenoid breadth 21*3 ; palatal length 26*5 ; 

 upper tooth-series 23'3 ; combined length of//, m\ m 2 11. 



Hab. Benguella, Angola. 



Type. Adult male with worn teeth (in spirit). B. M. 

 no. 64. 8. 16. 4. Collected and presented by F. F. Monteiro, 

 Esq. 



This hedgehog is that described by Dobson * as Erinaceus 

 diadematus, Fitz., but, as Anderson has shown, certainly 

 cannot bear that name, which is a synonym of Atelerix 

 albiventris. Further additional details about the type- 

 specimen may, however, be found in Dobson's account. 



Bocage's notice f of the Angolan hedgehog confirms its 

 small size, for he speaks of an adult female with a hind foot 

 only 25 mm. in length. 



Atelerix spinifex, sp. n. 



Near A. spiculus, but smaller. 



External characters about as in spiculus, but with shorter 

 foot. Ears whitish brown. Ends of spines drabby instead 

 of white, but this may not be natural. Dorsal spines about 

 16-17 mm. in length, their basal and terminal thirds drabbv, 

 their middle third blackish. 



Skull characterized by its small size, small brain-case, 

 narrow conical muzzle, and widely and angularly expanded 

 zygomata. No median groove on forehead. 



Hind foot of type 24 mm. : ear (moistened) 23. 



Skull: condylo-basal length 40; zygomatic breadth 25*8 ; 

 nasals 11x2*3; interorbital breadth 12*8; intertemporal 

 breadth 9*1 ; postglenoid breadth 20; palatal length 23 ; 

 upper tooth-series 20'5 ; combined length of //, m\ and m 2 

 9*3; breadth of m 1 anteriorly 37. 



Hab. of type. Jllela, 95 miles north of Sokoto, Nigeria. 



Type. Adult male with worn teeth. B.M. no. 4. 1. 14. ] . 

 Collected May 1903, and presented by Capt. P. S. Lelean. 

 One specimen. 



The Museum possesses now several further examples, 

 presented by Messrs. Fox and Langslow-Cock, of the North 



* Mon. Insect, p. 10 (1882). 

 + J. Sci. Liab. (2)1 p. 26 (1- 



