the Genus Tatora. 489 



The fullowiiij; iire some actual measureraeiits (those of the 

 body from the lahelsj : — 



BLull. 

 H.&b. TI. H. f. Ear. G. 1. B. 1. Zyg. I>. Mol. Bulloe. 



92.0.1.11 Ill lo3 31 17 30 27 20 53 10 



(Type) r).r,.y. ;',4. v. adult 144 1.J7 .".0 19 35 27 19 6-3 10 



5.5.9.30. V. old 145 i:<0 32 21 38 .-50 20 5 5 10 



4.4.9.48. Old 144 144 33 24 39 30 20 53 103 



It is possible that the last two specimens (with no. 5. 5.9. 35) 

 represent a disstiiict form ; but since two of thcni were taken 

 at the same time and place as the type, from which they 

 dificr in no way externally, and that all three arc very mucli 

 older than the type of angola, I have not ventured to separate 

 them. Tutera angolce most likely represents the form 

 referred to by Bocage in his memoir on " Mammiferes 

 d'Angola et du Congo/' published in 1890 in Jorn. Sc. 

 Math. Phys. Nat. Lisb. (pp.3 et seq.). It seems to me probable 

 that he too had before him specimens of two forms diflcring 

 in nothing but size, and even that only slightly, for while 

 the specimen presented to the British Museum agrees closely 

 ■with typical angola, his published description seems to apply 

 better to the Pungo Adougo specimen above (and. nos. 35 and 

 36 from Quilenges). 



Hub. Fort Quilenges, Angola. 



Type. B.M. no. 5.5.9.34. A young adult male. Col- 

 lected by Dr. Ansorge on the 11th .January, 1905. 



(16) Tatera Gijfardi, sp. n. 



99.6.15.17. (J ambaga, Gold Coast (?r. G//a/-</). Alt. 

 1300'. 



A rather small Tatera with very sobre colouring. The 

 ground-colour is a butt" rather than the usual " fawn.'' 



The dimensions (those of the body recorded by collector) 

 are : — 



Head and body 140 mm. ; tail 155 ; hind foot 30 ; ear 2.2. 



Skull: greatest length 37 ; basilar length 28; zygomatic 

 breadth 19 ; length of upper molar series 6 ; bullae 10 5. 



Hub. Gambaga, Gold Coast. 



Tiiiic. B.M. no. 99. 6. 15. 17. An adult male. Collected 

 by Capt. Gitlard on 4th January, 1899, and presented to the 

 Museum. 



Its smaller size and markedly smaller skull distinguish 

 this species at once from hempi ; while from angola, which 

 it closely approaches in size, it is separated by its longer 

 tail, much laiger, broader molars, and larger bulhc. 



