THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVEXTII SERIES.] 

 No. 98. FEBRUARY 1906. 



XXIIT. — Xew African Minimal'! of the Genera Ccrco\nt\\ecu=^, 

 Scotophilus, Miiiiopterus, Crocidura, Georyclius, and 

 Heliopliobiiis. By Oldfield Thomas. 



CercopHhecus patas sannio, subsp. n. 



General coloration and other cliaracters of typical C. pataSy 

 but the whole of the upper lip, from the lower edge of 

 the nostrils downward and outward to the corners of the 

 mouth covered with a moustache of white hairs, contrastiu;^- 

 markedly with tlie black of the nose and upper part of the 

 face. Chin and throat also wjiitc. Crown briolit rufous. 

 Back duller rufous ticked with black, not suffused with 

 yellowish. Frontal black line running outwards to ear 

 without indication of the second line mounting to the crown 

 found in C. pyrrhonotus. Upper arms grey. Fon-arnis 

 trom elbows and hands wholly wliite. Hind limbs also wholly 

 white, the red of the body not passing downwards on to the 

 thighs. Tail markedly bicolor, red above, wliite below, the 

 red becoming as usual paler tirminally. 



Dimensions of the tyj^e (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body G30 mm. ; tail 720; hind foot 172. 



8kull : greatest length 143 ; basal length 102; zygomatic 

 breadth 8^*5; muzzle to orbit 55 ; ijieailth of brain-case 63; 

 combined length of upjjer cheek-teeth 30. 



Hah. Yo, Lake Chad. 

 Ann. tC- Mag. X. Hist. !Ser. 7. To/, xvii. 13 



