The Generic Arrangement of the African Squirrels. 4G7 



pale brown ; tegulse white ; abdomen black ; the underside 

 and the legs grey. Primaries white, crossed near the base 

 from the costal to the inner margin by a wide olive-green 

 band, edged witii black on the inner side ; this band narrows 

 in the middle ; an elongated olive-green spot on the costal 

 margin near the apex ; the fringe green and white : second- 

 aries white, shaded with brown at the apex and along the 

 inner margin. Underside of both wings white, the costal 

 margin of the primaries pale brown. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Bab. S.E. Peru, Santo Domingo, 6000 feet ; Oconeque, 

 Carabaya, 7000 feet {G. Ockenden, Mus. Druce^. 



This species is allied to Dicentria peruda, Druce. 



Meragisa rufipuncta, sp. n. 



Male. — Head grey ; palpi black, the third joint yellowish 

 brown; antennge black; collar black; tegulaj grey, tipped 

 with black ; thorax grey ; abdomen blackish brown, the base 

 clothed with yellow hairs ; the anus grey; the underside of 

 the thorax, abdomen, and legs yellow. Primaries silvery 

 grey, crossed by fine waved black lines and irrorated with 

 black scales ; a large reddish-brown spot close to the base, 

 one in the cell, two near the apex, and one at the anal angle : 

 the fringe alternately black and grey : secondaries greyish 

 black, the base and inner margin yellow ; the fringe yellow 

 and black. Underside : primaries blackish grey, the base 

 and outer margin from the apex to the anal angle yellow : 

 secondaries pale yellow, clouded with dark grey beyond the 

 middle. 



Expanse 2j inches. 



Hab. S.E. Peru, Santo Domingo, 6000 feet [G. Ockenden, 

 Mus. Druce). 



LXI. — The Generic Arrangement of the African Squirrels. 

 By (Jldfield Thomas. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



In the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society for 

 last year* I ventured to give a list of the Asiatic Squirrels, 



* xviii. p. 246. 



