On Coleoptera from the Transvaal. 575 



the legs only being greenish orange-buff, the bases of all the 

 hairs slate-coloured. The distichous tail is coloured much 

 like the body, but, owing to the broader annulations of the 

 hairs, the brighter colour is more conspicuous, especially 

 beneath, as is usual in members of this group. 



The colour of the upper parts of this squirrel is absolutely 

 identical with some specimens of the AVest-African S. poensis, 

 but the annulations on the fur are rather broader and the 

 tail shows brighter colouring ; the pale eye-stripes and more 

 rufous feet at once distinguish it ; beneath, the paler colour 

 of the belly and inner sides of the limbs make the likeness less 

 obvious. Colour, however, is the only form of resemblance, 

 for the size of the ears and feet and the different shape of the 

 tail widely separate the two species. 



Mammse : 1 — 1 — 1 = 6. 



Type, ? , 93. 2. 3. 24 Brit. j\lus. Killed in August. 



Loc. Kikuyu. 



Collected and presented by F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



Measurements, taken from dried skin : — Head and body 

 180 millim.; tail 155; hind foot 41 ; ear 13'5 (c). 



Skull : greatest length between uprights 42*5, greatest 

 breadth 25'5; nasals ll*5x6; constr. int.orb. 11*6, behind 

 p.o.ps. 12*7 ; brain-case 19, height 18, basal length 35'5 (c.) ; 

 henselion to back of palate 11 'Q ; incisive foramina 3 3 x 2'1 ; 

 molar series 7*1; breadth outside 5?ii 10"3 ; diastema 10; 

 mandible, greatest length (bone only) 24*5, height 15"9. 



Larger skull than S. ochraceus, and the profile more arched. 



Nasals almost square posteriorly, not reaching so far back 

 as the posterior portion of the maxilla. P.o.ps. well deve- 

 loped, running to sharp points. Zygomata broad in squamosal 

 portion. 



The type is a rather old female ; the skulls of two younger 

 specimens are somewhat smaller. 



LVII. — Coleoptera collected in the Transvaal, 

 By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. Cetoniidae. 



I was somewhat successful in obtaining a number of species 

 belonging to this family in the Transvaal, and 1 think the 

 following list is a fairly representative one for that region. 

 Their habits are very varied. Of course the larger immber 

 are found on bloom ; but Goliathus alhosignatus flies among its 



