African small Minnm,ils. Idil 



outer e(ljj:e of the forearms. Iliinds and feet pjreyisli, hc- 

 c<)initii; white tennitially, without hiilFy. Tail riii^^'vl bhick 

 aiul f^reyi.nh white, its basal three inches below bulTy aloii<^ 

 the middle lino, but the remainder without buflfy sutlusion. 



Skull and feet rather 8malh»r than in true multicolor , 

 niaiktHlly larger than in bongensis. 



Diniensions of the typo (measured in skin) : — 



Head and body 'IM mm.; tail 210; hind foot (c.) '14. 



Skull : greatest length -IG'T) ; basilar length 35'5 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 27 ; naaaU 15'3; length of upper cheek-tooth 

 series S'ft. 



JIah. Lado. 



Tupc. Adult female. B.M. no. 87. 12. 1. 3'). Collecte 1 

 16th February, 1884, and presented by Dr. Kmin Pasha. 



This is evidently a desert-squirrel, distinguished from tru'! 

 //. mulliculor by its paler colour and from JI. bomjensis by 

 ita larger size. 



Ilelioscturus multicolor ehgans, subsp. n. 



External appearance quite as in pale, not strongly buify, 

 examj)le3 of true Abyssinian multicolor, although the inter- 

 mediate forms k(iffeni>isj almssensift, and omensis are so different. 

 Upper surface grizzled grey, lightly suffused with buffy ; 

 under surface dull whitish ; ears, edges of forearms, u|)per 

 surface of hands and feet, and anal region buffy. Tail-hairs 

 with the light rings strongly buffy proximally, buffy white 

 terminally. 



Skull markedly larger than in any other niember of the 

 group, the brain-case long and narrow ; forehead flat ; post- 

 orbital processes widely expanded ; teeth rather small in 

 proportion. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Hind foot 48 mm. 



Skull: greatest length 50'5 ; basilar length 39; zygo- 

 matic breadth 29o ; nasals 15*5 ; upper cheek-tooth series 9*2. 



J lab. Mt. Elgon, British E. Africa. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 93. 2. 3. 12. Original 

 number 5. Collected February 1890, and presented by F.J. 

 Jackson, Esq. 



Considering liow different in appearance the forms are 

 which occur between this and the true multicolor, it is curious 

 how like it is to that animal ; but its elongate skull, with 

 long brain-case and squarely expanded postorbital |)roce93es, 

 will readily distinguisli it. Prof. Neumann obtained what is 

 no doubt the same squirrel in Ussoga and Kilnvezi. 



