230 Mr. E. Scliwarz on 



feet white. Entire underparts white ; hairs white to the roots. 

 Tail stout and a great deal more scaly than in A. selousi, 

 the >Yhole tail much coarser, owing to the scales being larger 

 and the short bristle-like hairs more fully developed. Tail 

 above silvery grey, covered with short black bristles ; under- 

 side similar, but with white hairs. 



Skull much larger than that of A. selousi, about equal in 

 size to that of the Somaliland species, A. mullah. Nasals 

 long and rather narrow. Palatal foramina extending back 

 to behind the level of the middle of the first molar ; in 

 A. selousi the palatal foramina do not extend back beyond 

 the level of the anterior lamina of m^. Auditory bullae 

 rather prominent. 



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



Head and body 109 mm. ; tail 89 ; hind foot 16*5 ; ears 

 destroyed. (In another specimen, from the type locality, the 

 ears are given as 17 mm. in length.) 



Skull : greatest length 30"5; basal length 25"4 ; condylo- 

 basal length 28 ; basilar length 23'4; condylo-basilar length 

 25*5; zygomatic breadth 15"2; interorbital breadth 5; 

 breadth of cranium (across squamosal region) 13'5 ; nasals, 

 greatest length 11*3, greatest breadth 2*9, least breadth 2 ; 

 length of palatal foramina 7*5; width of palate (iiiside ni^) 3; 

 width across palate (outside ??i^) 6; length of upper cheek- 

 teeth 4-3. 



Ilab. Voi, British East Africa. Altitude 2000 feet. 



Ti/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 10. 6. 2. 120. Original 

 number 878. Collected by Mr. R. Kemp on April 4th, 

 1910, during his work in connexion with Mr. C. D. lludd's 

 East African Expedition. 



This handsome species is distinguished at once from 

 A. selousi by its much larger size, brighter colour, and more 

 hairy tail. 



XXVI. — Tivo new Oriental Viverridse. 

 By Eenst Schwakz. 



Paradoxurus vicinus, sp. n. 



A Paradoxurus of the niger type, most nearly allied to 

 P. minor from Selaugor, but larger and with longer fur; the 

 dorsal stripes somewhat more indistinct, but not broken up 

 into spots. 



