tieic Species of Ueeii-lint. ■_'<).'', 



Dimensions of the typical skull ( ,$ ) : — 



Basal leiigtli * 72'7 jniilim.; basilar length* 65; p^reatest 

 breadth r)4*3 ; nasals, K'ni^th 2S, breadth lo'S; intororljital 

 breadth 30 ; intertemporal breadth 20 ; hoii^ht of skull from 

 palate to middle of frontals 2()'5, ditto from basion to top of 

 occipital crest 26 ; palate, length from " henselion " 34-'8 ; 

 diastema 18*2 ; length of palatine foramina 9"4. 



Teeth. — Diameter of iii , longitudinal 4'3, transverse 5'5 ; 

 length of upper molar series (crowns) 16 ; breadth of crown 

 of Pjf 4-8, of'") o*5; rr, longitudinal diameter 4, transverse 

 ditto 5"3 ; length of lower molar series 19 ; length of ^ 5"4. 



Hah. Luiji Keru River, Konu, Kikuju Country, British 

 East Africa. Alt. .5700 feet. 



Coll. Dr. J. W. Gregory, June 10, 1893. 



The above diflerential characters will no doubt be supple- 

 mented by others when, as 1 hope Avill soon be the case, 

 perfect specimens of this interesting animal arc obtained. It 

 may be just noted that Heuglin's A. semipalmatus, of which 

 I have seen the typical skull in Stuttgart, has a basal length 

 of 85 millim. and an n])per molar series of 18"2 millim., 

 exactly as in average A. swindereniamis . 



I am indebted to Dr. Gregory for the following note on 

 the specimen of which the skull is here describsd : — 



" While in a ' shauri ' with the chiefs of the Konu district 

 of Kikuyu, beside the Tana tributary Luiji Keru, which 

 forms the northern boundary of the cultivated districts, a 

 native came uj) with the Anlacodas^y^AuoXx he had just caught 

 in the swamp in which the stream rose. I purchased it for 

 two strings of beads, an empty meat-tin, and two used brass 

 cartridges. The man declared that they were not common, 

 and that the specimen was full-sized. I prepared the skin, but 

 this was subsequently stolen and sold for food by my tent- 

 boy. ^ 



'' The following notes were made at the time : — It was a 

 male ; general appearance like that of tlie larger specimen 

 caught at Ngatana. It appears to differ from that in the 

 shortness and softness of the hair; the skin is lighter in 

 colour on the lower part of the sides of the body ; it is some- 

 what mottled, like that of a tabby cat. I also noted that the 

 head appeared longer and the tail shorter than in the Ngatana 



* Jij' a convenient practice, now becoming general, the tnTa hasal 

 length is restricted to that I'roiu the basion to the front of the preniaxilke 

 (gnathion), while the basilar length is that introduced by llensel, to the 

 back of the alveoli of the iucit-ors. For brevity's sake this latter point 

 might be called the " henselion," as it is already so nnivi^rsally connected 

 with the name of the a'reat (ierman craniologist. 



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