new African Carnivores. 725 



7/. Iiirtula, though tlic isoh'\tcd longer hairs in the fur arc 

 unusually numerous. General colour above dark finely 

 speckled greyish brown of a tone uidike that of any other 

 species — a sort of greyish bistre; the underfur blackish for 

 its basal half, dull ochraceous buff terminally. Head be- 

 tween burnt umber and vandyke-brown ; chin and inter- 

 ramia similar. Belly darker brown ; inguinal region paler. 

 Forearms from elbows blackish brown, darkening on digits to 

 black ; fore claws rather larger than U5>ual. Feet dark grizzled 

 brown, the digits blackish brown. Tail dark speckled brown, 

 not becoming more rufous terminally above, although there 

 is an inconspicuous rufous line below, more obvious basally. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 225 mm,; tail 175; hind foot 47; 

 ear 21. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 505 ; zygomatic breadth 30 ; 

 interorbital breadth 10 ; breadth of brain-case 22*5 ; front 

 ot canine to back of m'^ 17*4; ju^, length on outer edge 4*1, 

 greatest diameter 6 ; vi^, breadth 4*8; m^, breadth 4. 



Jloh. Orr Valley, near Mt. Nyiro, N. British E. Africa, 

 4500'. 



T^pe. Adult male. Original number 427. Collected 

 31st March, 1911, by Mr. A. Blayney Percival. 



This striking s])ecies is distinguishable by the combination 

 of blackish feet with rufous head, the other rufous- or buffj- 

 hcaded forms all having similarly rufous feet. 



Ilelogale hirtula lulescens, suhsY). n. 



Like the typical hirtula of the highlands of Central Somali, 

 but with the posterior back suffused with dull buflfy. Throat 

 and belly with the dull rufescent colour replaced by grey on 

 the former and browniish on the latter part. In other 

 respects as in hirtula, including the blackish digits. 



P^ of the type, greatest diameter 6"2 ; ni^ 5'6. 



External measurements o£ the Webi specimen : — 



]lead and body 243 mm.; tail 185; hind foot 45; 

 ear 15. 



Ilab. (of type). Lake Rudolf, on the plains near the N. 

 end of the Lake. Another specimen from Italian Somali- 

 land. 



Ti/pe. Young male. B.M. no. 6. 11. 1. 19. Original 

 number 126. Collected 7th August, 1905, by Ph. C. Zaphiro. 

 Presented by W. N. McMillan, Esq. 



T!ie Museum owes to Dr. R. E. Drake-Brockman an adult 

 example of this buffy-backcd form of H. hirtula, obtained 



