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coast of the Malav Peninsula, lltli S.'i.(.'iiilMr. ll»l<», l.y C. IkxVn 

 Kloss. Orij^nnal No. 36Ui». 



Characters. — Like (S. iiilniKliis l»ut sniallt-r and paler tlirou'/liout. 

 owing to the yellow element 1»eiug greater in (jiiantity and of a lighter 

 buff while the annulations are nmeh coarser ; rul"t)us nf alKJoiaen and 

 tail slightly less intense, the mider-sin'face dI' tail yt-Uowcr and tin- 

 Jjencil redu(;ed in extent; llie pale lattial stii|ic liroadt-r and of a 

 deeper buff, and the dark stripe, tlioiigli npially limad, a lehH dear 

 lilaclv. 



Like ■/S'. scottii and S. i>ladlcUH Imt a iiltlr larger; tin- hutV nt tin- 

 iippei'-surface deeper and the tail yellower; the j)ah' lateral striji*' 

 l)roader and dee])er in tint, the dark lateral stripe Macker and iinm' 

 defined than in ;V. xratfii and broader and k'ss oitscured than in S. 

 2dastici()>. 



Colour.— Upper-parts a coarse si)eckle ol' ImlT and liia<k : the 

 speckling being much reduced or absent on toj) of muzzle, sides uf head 

 and neck, chin, fore-lim]>s and hind-feet which are a dull liuff ; an 

 ochraceous buff ring round the eyes. 



Fnder-parts tawny rufous, extending Iml little U-yond the w hurl i»f 

 hair on the throat. 



Upper lateral stripe medium-buff ( IK mm. wide), the lower strijie 

 black (9 nun. wide), slightly grizzled with ochnK-eous and tawny. 



Tail coarsely annulated with bhick and medium butt, paler than the 

 back, the annulations forming obscure broad bands on the up|>er- 

 surface: the under-surface nuuh yellower and less black. A nifous 

 pencil extends along one-third the lower side, but is much redu<-ed 

 on the upper-surface where its hairs are tipi)od and annulated ^Mth 

 black. 



Skull ani> Teeth.— Like S. plnstlni^ in breadth but longer, with 

 the combined nasals broader anteriorly, while posteriorly the termina- 

 tion is sometimes V-shaped, sometimes irregular ; in the latter chanu-tor 

 resembling S. mlnkdns, but the nasals are l)roader anteriorly and the 

 skull is smaller; the lateral and posterior edges of the frontal Innie 

 form a marked angle at their points of junction and the l>one extends 

 further behind the s\ipra-orl)i(al processes than is the ca.se with ti. 

 ■plasticiis. 



No detailed (•omi)arison is neede.l with the smaller short-n..>ed and 

 relatively broader skull of N. .•"•'»////. 



Measurements.— Collectors external meaHUivment.- of tyj^-: head 

 and body, 188; tail, 172; hind-foot. ^^^^ ; ear. ItJ.-x Cranial meuMin- 

 uieuts: greatest length. 47.3; basal length. 40.S» : i«bit4il length. 23 : 

 diastema, 1L2 ; maxillary tooth-row. 9; median length of nu»«l.s. 1-k.U; 

 greatest breadth of conibined nasals. 7.2 ; inter-orbital bn-adth. 17.2^; 

 cranial breadth above roots of zygomata, 20.8 ; /.ygoniatic brtni<Uh. 2H.2 



