278 J\Ir. K. Andersen on IlipposiJerus cafFor 



Conjio (2)'^; "Watlicn, Lower Conf;-o (1) ; 75 miles up the 

 Congo River (4)*; Caiala, Bilie, zVngola (I) f- — IG skulls, 

 from all the localities enumerated. 



Aenording to this, H. c. centrnlis is distributed in a broad 

 belt across the Equatorial region of Africa^ from Jh'itisli and 

 German J'^ast Afiica and Nyasaland in the East, through 

 Uganda and the whole of the Couiio Valley, to the western 

 coast of the continent ; like the typical form it extends to 

 Angola. 



1 c. Wppusidcrus caffer guineensis, subsp. n. 



The extreme in the maxillary width of the skull and the 

 intensity of the colour of the fur. 



The skull and teeth of this form are of the same size as in 

 H. c. centralis, but the maxillary width on an average 

 decidedly larger: 7-7'7 mm., as against (i-8-7"l. 



External dimensions as in H. c. centralis. 



The colour of the fur is markedly darker than in any other 

 race: — Back approaching "se;d-browu," base of hairs scai'ccl}'^ 

 lighter; uppcrside in front of the shoulders "hair-brown/* 

 base of hairs next to " bistre" ; underside dull " drab," base 

 of hairs next to " bistre." — I have seen no very young 

 specimen of this form. 



Also the red [)hase is darker than in the other races : — 

 Uppcrside " cinnamon-rufous/'' in some individuals so dark 

 as to approach ''chestnut"; underside "cinnamon-rufous" 

 or " hazel." Different at a glance from the corresponding 

 pha^e of the typical form. 



Type : — ? ad. (skin) . Corao River, 70 miles from Gaboon, 

 almost sea-level; June 3rd, 1897. Collected by G. L. Bates, 

 Esq. Brit. Mus. no. 97. 12. 1. 11. 



27 specimens examined, from : — Como River (4) ; Gaboon 

 (1) ; Benito River (4) ; Fernando Po (9) % ; Cameroon JNIts. 

 (1) ; Efulen, Bulu Countrv, Cameroon, 15(;0-i800 ft. (4) ; 

 Old Calal)ar (1) ; ]\It. Coffee, Liberia (3) §.—23 skulls, from 

 all the localities ennmeratcd. 



According to this, H. c. yuineensis is distributed from 



* From tlic collection of the United States Xational Museum (nos. 

 21G63, 216G4, nnd 102513-J6). 



t Oldfield Tliomas & R C! Wroug-btin, Ann. k Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 

 p. 170 (Aug. 1905) ; //. cafer. 



1 Oldfield Thomas, P. Z. S. 1904, ii. p. 188 ; II. fuli^inosm. 



§ From the collection of the U.S. National Museum (nos. 83800-802). 

 — (jerrit S. Miller, Jr., Proc. Wash. Acad. ii. p. (i47 (liiCO); H. caffer, 

 partim. 



