170 Messr?. 0. Tlmina-! and R. C. Wronghton on 



1. Galago Monteirx^ Bartlett. 



^. 15. Ndongo, Benguella. 



Very similar in colour to the Nyasan O. Kirkii, Giay. 



2. Galago moJioli^ Smitli, 

 Benguella. 



3. Tlpomophorus Dohsont, Boc. 



S. Kalonga, Bihe. Alt. 6200 feet. 



The skull of this interesting species is very different in the 

 proportions of the palate from that of any other member of 

 the genus. 



4. TJipposiderus caffer^ Sund. 

 $ . 58. Caiala. 



5, Macroscelides hrachyurus, Boc. 

 S . 32 ; ? . 19, 33. Caconda, Benguella. Alt. 5700 feet. 



6. Macroscelides Schinzi, Noack *, 

 c? . 82, 83 ; ? . 80. Fort Quillenges, Benguella. 



7. Crocidura sp. 

 S. 62. Caconda. 



8. Cyncehiriis juhatuSj Schr. 

 Benguella. 



9. Herpestes Bocagei^ sp. n. 



= H. gracilis punctulatus, Boc. (nee H. punctulatus, Gray, 1849). 



$ . 17. Caconda, Benguella. Alt. 5700 feet. 



This specimen agrees excellently with the description 

 given by Bocage of his H. g. punctulatus (except that the 

 head, though dark, is not " presque noire ^'), but differs 

 entirely from //. punctulatus^ Gray, the type of which is in 

 the British Museum. Indeed it much more resembles 

 H. ochraceus, Gray. In the true H. punctulatus the speckled 

 effect produced by the annulation of the individual hairs is 

 present on the tail both above and below quite to the black 



* Macroscelides hrachyj-hynchus, var. Schinzi, Noack (Zool. Jahrb. 1889, 

 iv. p. 198). 



