■Species o/" MaoroscoHdps. 09 



all other ppccies except .V. hrachyurus ; and from this, to 

 which it is no doubt most nearly allied, it differs in its pecu- 

 liarly twisted and more thickened mctatragus, its richer 

 rufous coloration, its less white-ringed eyes, and in its 

 brownish hands and feet, M. hrnchyiirus (like all the other 

 species of the genus) having the latter ])ure white. 



Macroscelides pulcher^ sp. n. 



Most nearly allied to M. riifescens *, Pet., to which I 

 doubtfully referred it in 1890 1, but distinguished by its much 

 greyer and less rufous coloration. General colour of head 

 and body soft fawn-grey, rather more rufous in the nuchal 

 region, darker along the centre of the back, paler along the 

 sides, altogether not very dissimilar to that shown in the 

 plate given by Huet of his M. Revoili\, Arrangement of 

 eye-markings much as in 31. rufescens, but the superciliary 

 line is partially interrupted posteriorly, while the fur at the 

 large postero-inferior interruption is nearly black instead of 

 rufous. A large patch at the back of each ear pale rufous. 

 ]\Ietatragus apparently as in M. rufescens, i. e. thin and mem- 

 branous, about as long as broad, with evenly rounded margins ; 

 but without spirit-specimens an exact description is not 

 possible. Outer surface of ears brownish fawn. Whole 

 under surface of body pure white, the bases of the hairs grey. 

 A prominent gland present in the sternal region. Upper 

 surfaces of hands and feet also pure white. Tail long, 

 brownish above, whitish below. 



Skull and dentition apparently quite as in M. rufescens^ 

 except that the upper canines and anterior premolars are 

 slenderer and less distinctly bicuspid ; without further mate- 

 rial, however, I am not able to say whether even this 

 difference may not be due to age. 



Dimensions of the type (an adult skin, female) : — 



Head and body 125 millira. § ; tail 108; hind foot 

 (approximate) 31. 



Skull : nasals, length 12*2 ; interorbital breadth 6*2 -, 

 palate, length 18'2 ; length of upper tooth-row 17*5, of lower 

 ditto 16. 



Ilab. Usambiro, south of the Victoria Nyanza. Collected 

 and presented by Emin Pasha. 



Type : B. M. no. 90. 6. 8. 10. 



* MB. Ak. Berl. 1878, p. 198, pi. i. 

 + P. Z.S. 1890, p. 446. 



X Eevoil's ' Faune et Flore des Pays Coiuali,' pi. i., 1882. 

 § Emin gives, as the dimensions in the flesh, " Total length 251 ; fail 

 110 millim." 



