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black, wlilcli becomes obsolescent on tlie flanks and is entirely 

 absent on the throat, chest, and belly. Individual hairs 

 bright ochraceous buff, with a short greyisli-white base, and 

 those of the back with a subterminal black ring. Crown 

 and face finely grizzled ochraceous and black, the black 

 obsolescent on the cheek, entirely absent on the U[)per lip. 

 Entire fore legs and hind feet ochraceous like the belly. 

 Tail coloured like back, with a black tip (apparently mutilated 

 in the type specimen). 



Skull unfortunately missing. 



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



Head and body 345 mm. ; tail 270 ; hind foot 64 ; ear 28. 



Hah. Mubende, Uganda. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 9. 5. 12. 2. Original num- 

 ber 45. Collected 7th April, 1908. 



This animal curiously resembles M. auratufi, from Tette, 

 in colouring, except that the tawny suffusion on head and 

 face, so characteristic of all the forms of this group found 

 south of the Zambesi, is entirely absent. Its size and 

 colouring distinguish it at once from any other subspecies of 

 sanguineus. 



When working out the Rudd Collection in conjunction 

 with Mr. Thomas, we were able to distinguish two well- 

 marked local races of Paraxerus cepapi (P. Z. S. 1908, 

 p. 54,3), a southern and a northern. An examination of the 

 material in the Natural History Museum Collection shows 

 that there are at least two other races north of the Zambesi 

 which merit description. They are : — 



Paraxe7-us cepapi soccatus, subsp, n. 



A local form about the same size as typical cepapi, less 

 brightly coloured, and with somewhat stouter teeth and a 

 shorter broader skull. 



Colour-pattern as in true cepapi, but the yellow suffusion, 

 especially on the limbs and flanks, so characteristic oil cepapi 

 entirely absent. Hands and feet greyish white. 



Skull short and broad ; nasals short ; teeth stout. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the skin) : — 



Head and body 190 mm.; tail 160; hind foot 41; ear 20. 



Skull : greatest length 42 ; basilar length 32 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 26*5 ; brain-case breadth 21 ; nasals 11'5 ; palatilar 

 length 17; diastema 9; upper molar series (exclusive of 



f) 7-8. 



Hab. N. Angonlland (type from Vwaza, Hewc H.). 



