Mammals from BjJicia. l')f) 



Dimensions of the type (an old male, measured in flesli) : — 



Head and body 102 millim. ; tail 85; hind foot (s. u.) 25; 

 ear 20. 



Skull: length of nasals 12; interorbital breadth 5; palate 

 lengtli 11-5 ; diastema 7-5 ; palatal foramina G'S* X 2-3 ; length 

 of upper molar series 4*2 ; lower jaw, condyle to incisor 

 tip, 19. 



Ilab. and type as above. 



This is one of the most showy and beautiful species that I 

 have ever seen. With the general appearance of A. pulc/ier- 

 rimiis, especially A. p. cniceri, it is at once separated by its 

 brilliantly fulvous muzzle, ears, feet, and tail. 



Mr. Simons assigns tlie same native name, " Ketacui," to 

 this animal as he did to A. pulcherrimus. " Caught in 

 Cabin." 



24. Oxymycterus paramensis, sp. n. 



2 c?, 1 ? . Choquecamate, 4000 m. 15th July, 1901. 



S ? . Choro, 3500 m. 5th and 10th May, 1901. 



5 . Alisuni, 2600 m. 22nd July, 1901. 



Size markedly less than in 0. juUacce and otiier members 

 of that group, rather less than in O. Roberti of Minas Geraes. 

 General colour and appearance strikingly like those of 

 0. Buherti^ to which 0. paramensis seems to be most nearly 

 allied. Fur longer and thicker than in 0. Roberti] ordinary- 

 hairs of back 13-14 millim. in length, and mingled with these 

 thtTe are a number of longer finer hairs attaining 18 millim. 

 in length. General colour above black, lined greyish brown 

 (near " broccoli-brown ") anteriorly, and dull rufous (near 

 " Mars brown ") posteriorly, the head and fore neck being of 

 the first colour and the rump of the second. Longer hairs on 

 lump tipped with shining whitish. Cheeks and sides dull 

 greyish buffy. Under surface not sharply defined, dull 

 soiled bulFy, the bases of the hairs slaty, their tips bufFy ; 

 chin and throat rather lighter. Hands and feet dull greyish 

 white. Tail well-haired, blackish above, greyish white on 

 sides and below. 



Skull, as conipared with that of 0. Roberti, smaller and 

 more lightly built throughout ; nasals long, slightly trumpet- 

 shaped and retroussS anteriorly; interorbital region compara- 

 tively narrow, square-edged ; palatal foramina narrow, not 

 w idely open. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 130 millim. ; tail 102; hind foot, s. u. 25, 

 c. u. 27-5; ear 18. 



