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(6) Otocyon megalotisj Desm. 

 a. Lehello, lOtli June. 



(7) Xenis dabagala, Heugl. 



a. Lehello, 12th June, 



Dr. Jentink, in his well-known revision of the African 

 squirrels ('Notes Lcyden Museum,' 18S2, p. 41), gives this 

 name as a synonym of A'', rutilus ; this, I think, is not doing 

 justice to a form so strikingly ilitferent in coloration. The 

 form described by M. Milnc-E Iwards (Hev. et Mag. Zool. 

 1867, p. 229) as X. Jlavus belongs no doubt to the present 

 species. 



(8) Gerlnllus 7'uherrimus, Rhoads {^) =■ G . i)usillus ^ Peters. 



a. Bally Maroli (500U htt), a little to west of Eyk. 



I use the above name for this Gerbil as it has been 

 applied to an animal from an adjacent locality ; at the same 

 time I am not at all sure that it is in any way distinct from 

 G. pusiUus, Pet., which comes from Taita in British East 

 Africa. 



(9) Gerbillus imbelh'sj sp. n. 



Size medium ; colour rich dark fawn, most of the hairs on 

 the back tipi)ed with black, sides purer; bases of the hairs on 

 the back and the top of the head slate-coloured ; all the undcr- 

 parts pure white ; on the eyebrows, cheeks, and front of fore 

 legs the white hairs are tipped with fawn; the white spots at 

 the base of the ears and above the eyes distinct ; tail darker 

 above than below, rather sparingly haired ; feet not very 

 thickly covered with white hairs; nails darkish horn-colour j 

 soles, toes, and pads very pale, closely covered with very con- 

 spicuous scale-like granulations ; the toes have a few stiff 

 white hairs on the lower side; pads and soles quite naked. 

 Type labelled " Goodar (4500 feet), July I4th." 

 ^leasuremeiits (taken from tiie dried skin) : — 

 Head and body (c.) 110 millim.; tail? (broken) j hind foot 

 (c.) 2G"0; ear (c ) 14. 



tSkull : greatest length .■}2*5 ; greatest breadth 16*5 ; 

 nasals 13*2 x2'9; interparietal 4 X 9'0 ; basal length 26; 

 henselion to back of palate 14 ; incisive foramina 5 7 ; pah\t:il 

 foramina 0"9 ; length of molar series 4*6; width outside ^iii. 

 7"3, width outside "??.•-? 5*-) ; mandible, length (bone only) to 

 condyle 17, to angle 14; heigiit, standing on table, perpen- 

 dicularly to condyle 7 5. 



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