108 Mr. R. C. Wroughton on 



of the pale tips of the hairs between the eyes making it 

 darker. Superciliary and dorsal marks cream-buff (or the 

 latter a little darker). Hands and feet a finely grizzled copy 

 of the flanks. 



Skull in general outline slightly broader than in P. brucei, 

 especially noticeable in the nasals and across the forehead. 

 A pair of protuberances on the- posterior margin of the palate, 

 one on each side of the usual central, posteriorly directed 

 process ; this process itself often raised above the palate-floor. 



Dimensions of type (measured on the skin) : — 



Head and body 450 mm.; hind foot 63. 



Skull: greatest length 83 ; basilar length 73; zygomatic 

 breadth 475 ; nasals, length 19, posterior breadth 18 ; anterior 

 breadth 8 ; diastema 10; upper molar series 29. 



Bab. Fort Hall, Kikuyu, British East Africa. 



Type. Old female (Stage VIII.). B.M. no. 3. 11. 1. 13. 

 Original number 143. Collected by Mr. S. L. Hinde on 

 19th March, 1903, and presented to the National Collection. 



Five specimens examined. The coloration is constant 

 throughout the series, and the dark face is in marked contrast 

 to the type of P. brucei. The curious palatal character noted 

 above is also quite constant. 



Procavia brucei ruddi, sp. n. 



A dassie of the " brucei" group, slightly larger than the 

 last, from which it also differs in colour and its soft loose coat. 



Fur of back 30-35 mm. long. Basal third of individual 

 hairs drab-grey, second third fawn-colour, terminal third 

 black, with a subapical band 4-5 mm. long, whitish. General 

 colour a coarse mixture of brown and whitish, with a distinct 

 black suffusion in the mid-dorsal region. Paling to a light 

 brownish white on the flanks, but nevertheless sharply sepa- 

 rated from the pure white belly. Face and nape between 

 the eyes and ears brown (the pale ends of hairs missing), much 

 suffui-ed with black ; sides of throat, shoulders, arms, and 

 legs like flanks. Chin white, throat buffy white. Super- 

 ciliary and dorsal marks cream-buff. 



Skull as in P. hindei, but rather broader and stouter, the 

 bony tubercles on the palation scarcely marked or absent. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 510 mm. ; hind foot 68 ; ear 2\). 



Skull : greatest length 83 ; basilar length 73 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 49; nasals, length 20, posterior breadth 17, anterior 

 breadth 8 ; diastema 11 ; upper molar series 31. 



