new African Dormice. 315 



species, all at the type locality, and as the specimens are 

 preserved in spirit, the true colour of surdus cannot be 

 descrilted with certainty ; it appears to have been very 

 much like that of the South African w if ;•«'««.«, judging by 

 the similarity between alcoholic specimens of each species. 



Graphiurus spurrelli, sp. n. 



Allied to G. lorraineus, DoUm., but paler in colour and 

 with smaller teeth. 



Size of body greater than in lorraineus ; hind foot larger. 

 General colour of back very much paler and less rutbus than 

 in lorraineus, more like the olive tint of microtis, but washed 

 with pale brown (otter-brown no. 3 mixed with chocolate no. 1, 

 * Repertoire,' represents the general colour of the dorsal 

 surface). Hairs of back with slaty black bases and olive- 

 brown tips. Flanks paler and yellower than back. Muzzle 

 lighter and greyer than rest of dorsal surface. Dark rings 

 around eyes faintly developed ; dark markings on sides of 

 muzzle in front of eyes practically absent. Cheeks white, 

 liairs with slate-grey bases and whitish tips. Backs of hands 

 and feet dirty white. Ventral surface of body slate-grey 

 washed with white, less bufFy than in lorraineus. Tail 

 fairly long, about like that of microtis saturatus ; in colour 

 pale liver-brown, above and below. 



Skull rather larger than that of lorraineus, with a narrower 

 interorbital region. Nasals broader anteriorly. Cheek-teeth 

 smaller and narrower. 



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



Uead and body lUO mm.*; tail 75*; hind foot 18; 

 ear 14. 



Skull : greatest length 27*5 ; basilar length 20*5 ; con- 

 dylo-basilar length 22*5 ; condylo-incisive length 24; zygo- 

 matic breadth 15 ; interorbital constriction 4*7 ; squamosal 

 breadth of brain-case 12*3 ; greatest occipital breadth 11'3 ; 

 length of nasals 10 ; greatest anterior width of nasals 4 ; 

 palatilar length 8*9 ; breadth of palate (inside ?«') 3*7 ; 

 width across palate (outside w') 5'9 ; length of palatal fora- 

 mina 2'9 ; length of upper cheek-teeth 2*9. 



Hah. Bibianaha, GO miles west of Kumasi, Gold Coast 

 Colony. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 4. 13. 2. Collected 

 by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell and presented by him to the 

 British Museum. 



* Measured from dry skin. 



