Ajn'can smalt Mamiuah. lOf) 



Forearms, lianda, and feet white. Claws, both fore an 1 

 hind, small; pollcx with a nail ; sole.s naked, wiih six pro- 

 minent pads; fifth hind toe, williDUt claw, rcachiiif^ lo the 

 end oi the first phalanx of the fourtii. 'I'ail ahmit as lon^ as 

 the head and hody, very peculiar in sliape and structure; its 

 top, sides, and under surface flattened, with sharp edges, its 

 lower side brcailor than its up|>cr, so tiuit its sietion is like 

 that of a truncated pyramid. Ii;isal half-inch hairy like the 

 bodv, the remaind«'r practically nakcti, the ftw fine iiairs not 

 hiding the skin ; dermal rin^s excessively fine, 22-2-i to the 

 centinn tre in the middle of the tail, not divided into se|)arat(3 

 scales, but appareiitly simple transverse folds in the skin. 

 Ill colour the tail is grey basally and white terminally, the 

 two passing into earh other by a series of coarse moitlings, 

 the grey prtylominating on two-thirds of the upper and one- 

 thinl of the lower surface. !Manimie 2—2 = 8. 



Dimensions of the ty|)e (measured on the spirit-specimen): — 



Head and body 106 mm.; tail 100; hind foot 20-7; 

 ear 16. 



Skull: greatest length 33; basilar length 26' 5 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 15*5; nasals 11*2; interorbital breadth 4*1) ; 

 palatilar length l0"2 ; diastema lO'T) ; palatal foraniina -17 ; 

 upper molar series 51. 



llab. Taveta, Coast region, British East Africa. Alt. 

 2000'. 



Type. Subadult female. B.M. no. 9. 6. 12. 23. Original 

 number 615. Collected 26 June, 1U08, and presented by 

 Dr. S. L. llinde. 



Tliis interesting animal forms a striking addition to the 

 niany mammalian discoveries made by Dr. and Mrs. llinde 

 in British East Africa. Tlieir continued help has been of 

 vital service to the National Museum, and the finding of such a 

 distinct nnw genus is a fitting reward for the benefits they 

 have rendered to us. 



lltterocephalus dunni^ sp. n. 



Size about as in //. glaher. External characters about as 

 usual, the tail rather short in proportion. 



Skull with the muzzle very large in proportion to the 

 size of the brain-case, to support the large incisors. Nasals 

 broad, little narrowed behind. Zygomata thick and very 

 boldly expanded, as much anteriorly as posteriorly, so that 

 each zygoma forms a segment of a circle, instead of their 

 being far more expanded behind than in front. Lower jaw 

 with short low coronoid, as \u phiUipsi, 



