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breadth ; occipital shelf strongly narrowing posteriorly ; 

 zygomata practically without projecting antero -external 

 shoulders ; palatal foramina large and widely open ; palatal 

 bridge quite narrow ; bullae of medium size. Incisors of a 

 very simple pattern, the enamel not penetrating into tlie 

 tooth at all, but merely following its anterior outline ; inner 

 segment of each tooth two thirds the breadth of the outer. 

 Molars as in true Lepiis, not as in Oryctolagus crassicaudatus. 

 Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 

 Head and body 398 millim. ; tail 76, with hair 100 ; hind 

 foot 107 ; ear 107. 



Skull: greatest length 80-5; basilar length 63; zygomatic 

 breadth 37 ; nasals 33 (diagonally) x 16 ; interorbital breadth 

 14; intertemporal breadth 13-5; length of palatal foramina 

 20 ; breadth of palatal bridge 5 2 ; antero-posterior diameter 

 of bullje 12-3. 



Hab. Deelfontein, Cape Colony. 



Type. Female. Original number 284. Collected 24th 

 May, 1902, by Trooper C. H. B. Grant and presented by 

 Col. A.T. Sloggett, R.A.M.C. 



To the three types of hare found in South Africa, 

 L. capensis, L. sa.vatilis, and 0. crassicaudatus, all of them 

 obtained at Deelfontein, the present adds a fourth very dis- 

 tinct one, without near allies anywhere. 



Although with a general resemblance to 0. crassicaudatus, 

 with which it shares the characteristic form of the tail, it may 

 be distinguished externally by its brownish-drab instead of 

 rufous tail, the absence of rufous suffusion in its body-colour, 

 the presence of a narrow line of black round the tips of 

 the ears, and the striking coloration of the under surface. 

 Finally, the skull shows that it has no real relationship to 

 that animal, but is more nearly allied to L. capensis. 



Col. Sloggett and Mr. Grant are to be congratulated on 

 the discovery of this very remarkable hare, the most distinct 

 that has been described for a long time. 



XII. — On Tico neio Squirrels of the Funisciurus pyrrhopus 

 Group. 13y Oldfield Thomas. 



Funisciurus mandingo, sp. n. 



A small pale form allied to F. leucostigma, with the red of 

 the flanks and limbs almost obsolete. 



General colour above coarsely grizzled pale olivaceous, 

 much paler than in the allied species. Light stripes present, 



