new African Mammals. 95 



richer in colour than rest of back. Individual hairs of back 

 slaty grey, with buff tips. Flanks similar in colour to back. 

 Face and sides of head grey ; top of head grey, washed over 

 with pale buff. Upper surface of fore limbs grey mixed with 

 buff. Upper surface of hind limbs yellowish grey (near 

 snuff-brown no. 1, ' Repertoire '). Backs of hands and feet 

 grey. Underside of budy and limbs greyish white. Indi- 

 vidual hairs of belly slate grey, with whitish tips. The grey 

 colour of the under surface extends upwards on the flanks in 

 the region of the axilla? and just in front of the hind limbs, 

 as in G. elegantulas and the foregoing species. Upperside of 

 tail greyish buff for basal half, apical portion grey, tip white. 

 Individual hairs at root of tail pale grey for basal half, re- 

 mainder buff-coloured. Individual hairs on apical portion 

 dark greyish brown (dark neutral tint no. 1, ' Repertoire'), 

 with whitish tips. Underside of tail grey, basal region 

 w T ashed over with buff. 



Skull a good deal smaller than that of the foregoing species. 

 Nasal region short. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 215 mm. ; tail 280 ; hind foot 61 ; ear 30. 



Skull: greatest length 45"4; zygomatic breadth 36; basal 

 length 35 ; basilar length 33; condylo-basilar length 3S"5; 

 greatest length of nasals 1L'6; palatal length 17*3; length 

 of upper tooth- row, from front of first premolar to back of 

 last molar 13. 



Hab. 15 miles from mouth of the Benito River, Spanish 

 Guinea, West Africa. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 98. 5. 4. 1. Original 

 number 334. Collected by Mr. G. L. Bates on February 4th, 

 1898. 



In addition to the type and a further specimen from the 

 Benito River, Mr. Bates has collected two specimens referable 

 to this new form at Efulen, in the Cameroons. 



The striking difference in colour between Mr. Bates's 

 series and the G. elegantulus obtained by DuChaillu indicates 

 that they must be regarded as subspecincally distinct. 



Elephantulus dundasi, sp. n. 



Related to E. somalicus, Thos., but more buffy on the 

 flanks. 



Size and general proportions similar to E. somalicus. 

 General colour of back yellowish brown (snuff- brown no. 2, 

 'Repertoire de Couleurs'), paling to a pure buff tint (cinna- 

 mon no. 1, ' Repertoire ') on the flanks. Sides of face and 



