36 Mr. 0. Thomas on the Striped Squirrels 



Incisors slender, proodont (93° to 100°). Molars very 

 small. 



Dimensions of type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 135 mm.; tail 11(5; hind foot 35; 

 ear 14. 



Skull: greatest length 36 ; condylo-incisive length 32*8; 

 upper tooth-series exclusive of p 3 4*9. 



Hah. (of type). Buhamba, near Lake Kivu, in Belgian 

 ♦ Congo. Alt. 6500'. Other specimens from Burunga, 

 Mt. Mikeno. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 11. 12. 3. 64. Original 

 number 2194. Collected 4th June, 1911, by Robin Kemp. 

 Four specimens. 



3 b. Tamisciis vulcanorum lunaris, subsp. n. 



Fur less long and soft than in vulcanorum. General colour 

 of head and sides dark greyish olive, duller and more smoky 

 than in other forms. Dorsal dark stripes not glossy black, 

 but mingled with greyish, the inner pair narrower than the 

 comparatively broad yellowish median band between them ; 

 outer dark lines little conspicuous. Under surface washed 

 with yellowish olive. 



Incisors proodont, slender. Molars small. 



Dimensions of type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 125 mm. ; tail 154 ; hind foot 33 ; 

 ear 10. 



Skull : greatest length 36*5 ; condylo-incisive length 32'5; 

 upper tooth-series exclusive of p 3 5*3. 



Hah. Ruwenzori East (Mubuku Valley). Alt. 6500'. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 6. 7. 1. 54. Original 

 number 264. Collected 7th February, 1906, by Douglas 

 Carruthers. Presented by the Ruwenzori Exploration 

 Committee. Two specimens. 



This animal was obtained halfway up Mount Ruwenzori, 

 side by side with specimens referable to T. emini. It will 

 probably prove to be a mountain-form occurring upwards 

 from that altitude, at which it just meets the common species 

 of the lower levels. 



3 c. Tamiscus vulcanorum tanganyikcB, subsp. n. 

 Fur not so long as in true vulcanorum ; axillary patches 

 large, quite naked. General colour as in vulcanorum, or even 

 slightly lighter. Dark dorsal stripes glossy black, the inner 

 ones broader than the very narrow median yellowish line ; 

 outer ones narrow, but extending the full length of the white 

 lines internal to them. Edges of ears not so conspicuously 



