On new Mammals from Bntinh East Africa. 540 



crisp ; hairs of back about t"5 mm. in Icnj^th. Colour of back 

 and crown about as in A. triion, but •)n the checks and sides 

 this becomes more bully, and there is an uinisually definite 

 buHy-ochraecous line cdj^ing the belly, which is shar|)ly 

 detiiied pure white. Upper side of hands and feet white. 

 Tail rather short, dark above, didl whitish below. 



Skull louf^, unusually slender, especially in the muzzle ; 

 incisors more thrown forward than usual; brain-case narrow, 

 smooth, and rounded. Palatal foramina long, reaching past 

 the antero-internal cusp of m\ 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body G5 mm.; tail 37 ; hind foot 12. 



Skull: greatest length 21 (18 in L. grata) ; nasals 7'7 ; 

 interorbital breadth 35; breadth of brain-case 92; palatal 

 foramina 50 ; upper molar series 3*G. 



Hob. Kirui, Elgon. Alt. tJOOO'. 



Ti/pe. Adult female. Kudd Collection. Original number 

 282. Collected IGth September, 19U9, by Robin Kemp. 



This pretty species is most nearly allied to the ordinary 

 L. grata of East Africa generally, but is distinguished by its 

 long slender skull. 



LXXI. — Xew Mammals froin Brilish East Africa. 

 By Guy Dollmax, B.A. 



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

 Galago hraccatus albipes, subsp. n. 



Allied to Galaga hraccatus, Elliot, but with much lighter- 

 coloured limbs and darker back. 



Fur soft and of medium length; individual hairs measuring 

 about 13 mm. in length on back. General colour of back dark 

 ashy grey. Upper surface of fore limbs similar in colour to 

 back, paler and yellower towards the extremities. Upper 

 surface of hind limbs dark grey for the first 30 mm. or so, 

 the remainder pale yellowish buff, rather greyer on the 

 inside, iiacks of fingers and toes white. Under surface of 

 body greyish white; throat and chest buff-coloured. Under- 

 sides of limbs greyish-buff, the buff tint not nearly so rich 

 as in G. hraccatus. 



Skull with shorter nasals and smaller teeth. 



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



Head and body 175 mm. ; tail 270 ; hind foot 65 ; ear 41. 



Skull : greatest length 4G mm. ; basilar length 32 ; con- 

 dylo-basilar length 38 ; zygomatic breadth 33*5 ; palatilar 

 length 14; length of upper tooth-rovr, from front of first 

 premolar to back of last molar 13. 



Ann. d' Mag. X. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol iv. 39 



