146 MYRMECOBIID^. 



ears moderate, much pointed; fore-legs and claws 

 rather strong ; tarsi moderate ; tail about equal to 

 the body in length, equally bushy from base to apex ; 

 fur very harsh and loose^ the hairs flattish. General 

 colour of the fore part of the body bright rusty red, 

 this tint is gradually shaded into rusty brown on the 

 head, and into black, or brown black, on the hinder 

 half of the back — there are about six transverse cream 

 coloured bands, leaving interspaces of about double 

 their own width ; these bands become gradually less 

 distinct as they approach the fore half of the back, and 

 are quite obliterated in front; the sides of the face 

 are rusty white, the chin, throat, and the whole of 

 the under parts of the body are yellowish white, not 

 very pure ; the fore-legs are rusty yellow, and both 

 fore and hind-feet are of a buff colour ; the same tint 

 is observable on the fore part of the hind-legs ; the 

 hairs of the tail are black and white, or yellowish 

 white, they are harsh, and for the most part white 

 with a broad black space in the middle, but at the 

 apical portion of the tail the white is replaced by 

 rust colour at the base and yellowish at the apex ; 

 along the central portion of the under side of the tail 

 the hairs are of a brilliant rusty red colour. The 

 ears are tolerably well clothed with small adpressed 

 hairs, those on the inner side are yellowish, and 

 those on the back are of a brownish rust colour ; 

 a narrow dusky line runs through the eye, and the 

 hairs are directed in opposite directions from this 



shewn in the figure published in the Zoological Society's 

 Transactions. 



