318 Mr. G. Dollman on 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 9. 10. 1. 60. Original 

 number 20. Collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge ou March 30tli, 



lyoo. 



The pale ashy-grey colour o£ the fur and entire absence of 

 dark markings on the muzzle, together with the general 

 cranial characters noted above, readily distinguish this 

 Angolan dormouse from G. murinus and the allied forms. 

 In general colour, a«sor^ee approximates to the pale coloration 

 of the Kalahari species, G. woosnami ; the two forms, how- 

 ever, do not in any way appear to be closely allied, woosnami 

 being a mucli larger animal with a ditferent form of skull. 

 G. kelleni, described by lieuvens from Damara Land, would 

 appear to be much darker in colour and smaller in size than 

 this new Angolan species. 



Graphiurics hrockniani internus, subsp. n. 



About equal in size to G. brockmani, Dollm., darker in 

 colour and with ocular rings and dark markings on muzzle 

 more evident. 



General proportions as in brockmani. Fur rather harsher, 

 the hairs all comparatively short. Colour of back much as 

 in microtis but rather less yellow, the whole back suffused with 

 a brownish tint, the general effect resembling that met with 

 in microtis saturatus, but paler and less slate-coloured (near 

 smoke-grey no. 4 mixed with snuff-brown no. 1, 'Repertoire'). 

 Hairs of back with slate-grey bases, pale buff subterminal 

 rings, and brownish tips. Flanks more strongly tinted with 

 buff than rest of dorsal surface, sharply contrasting with the 

 white under surface, the contrast rather more marked than iu 

 brockmani owing to the darker colour of the flanks. Face 

 and nasal region lighter than rest of upper parts. Dark 

 ocular rings more in evidence than in the Somali form ; 

 dark markings on sides of muzzle fairly well defined, but not 

 to such a marked extent as in microtis saturatus. Cheeks 

 white; hairs, as in brockmani, white almost to roots. Sides 

 of neck below ears white; hairs white with greyish bases. 

 Backs of hands and feet white. Entire under parts white, 

 faintly tinted with pale buff; hairs of belly with slate-grey 

 bases and whitish ti})S. Tail about as in brockmani^ rather 

 darker in colour, especially on the ventral surface. 



Skull very like that of brockmani. 



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



Head and body 86 mm. ; tail broken * ; hind foot 15 ; 

 ear 14. 



* Tail iu anotlior specimen iVoui Eusso Nyiro givou as 75 luin. iu 

 length. 



