72 On new Forms <;/' Auomaliu-us and Sciurus. 



Top of muzzle dull fulvous, passing into "olivaceous" on 

 the crown. Cheeks and upper surfaces of the feet and fore- 

 arms grizzled yellowish. Hairs of tail annulated with black 

 and buffy yellow. 



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



Hind foot (s. u.) 51 mm. 



Skull: greatest length 52; basilar length 40-5; greatest 

 breadth 29*5 ; length of upper tooth-series 9. 



Hab. Wimi Valley, Ruwenzori. Alt. 2400 m. 



T^pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 95. 3. 5. 2. Collected 

 6th July, 1894, by G. F. Scott Elliot, Esq. 



In colour this subspecies is intermediate between S. r. ny- 

 anne and S. henice, having less fulvous on the muzzle and 

 limbs than the former and more than the latter. 



Sciurus rufohrachiatus pashuy subsp. n. 



Fur hardly so thick or so long as that of 8. r. nyansce ; 

 Ifngth of long hairs on back about 21 mm. and of underfur 11. 

 General colour above dark brownish, rather warmer than 

 Ridgway's " bistre " ; base of the hairs slaty black. Flanks 

 distinctly lighter than back ; base of hairs " slate-grey." 

 Under surface very thinly covered with creamy-white hairs, 

 interspersed with a few black ones. Difference in colour 

 between flanks and belly unusually conspicuous, with the 

 line of demarcation well defined. An indistinct white patch 

 on throat and chest, hardly constituting a streak. Top of 

 muzzle and round orbits dull orange-buff. Fore and hind 

 feet and outer side of forearms rich " ochraceous rufous." 

 Underside of thighs and lower limbs sparsely covered with 

 whitish-buffy hairs. Tail like back for its basal two inches, 

 the remainder annulated with black and dirty white. 



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



Head and body 249 mm. ; tail 234 ; hind foot (s. u.) 49. 



Skull : greatest length (c.) 50 ; basilar length 39 ; greatest 

 breadth 31*5 ; length of upper tooth-series 10. 



Hah. Bellima, Monbuttu. 



Ti/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 87. 12. ]. 31. Collected 

 13th July, 1883, and presented by Dr. Emin Pasha. 



This subspecies, allied to S. r. nyansce, is more strongly 

 suffused with rufous on the back and base of tail, while it is 

 of a much lighter colour on the feet and belly. S. kaffensis, 

 O. Neumann *, from the other side of the Nile, differs by 

 " die schoue rostfarbene " annulation of the caudal hairs. It 

 may be mentioned that an allied form from Southern Nigeria 



*■ 0}K cit. p. 57. 



