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or black ; under parts dirty white, slightly washed with buff-yellow ; 

 a considerable area around the base of the ears black, as well as the 

 long hairs on the basal part of those organs ; cheeks deep brown ; 

 throat grey ; feet and tail dusky, 

 Hab. Fernando Po. 



Anomalurus Beecrofti, Fraser. 



Upper parts, including the greater portion of the flank-membranes, 

 yellowish grey, slightly inclining to rufous on the mesial line of the 

 back, especially on the fore part ; imder parts of a bright rust colour ; 

 cheeks and throat grey, excepting that the latter has a narrow rust- 

 coloured mark in the middle ; a white spot on the crown of the head 

 (probably not constant), and a short white band on either side of the 

 neck running on the shoulders ; a dusky patch on the flank-mem- 

 brane above, commencing on the margin of the membrane near the 

 anterior part, and extending backwards and inwards rather less than 

 half way along the flanks ; tail dusky brown. 

 Hab. Fernando Po. 



This species is rather larger than the An. Fraseri, and differs, 

 moreoTcr, in the upper parts of the body being yellow-grey, instead 

 of brown ; in hanng the greater portion of the flank-membranes as 

 well as the feet grey, instead of dusky ; in wanting the conspicuous 

 black area around the base of the ears — the part in question being of 

 the same general grey colour m An. Beecrofti as other parts ; in haying 

 the cheeks hoary grey, intead of deep brown ; and in having the 

 under parts of a bright rusty red. There are differences likewise to 

 be observed in the scales on the under side of the tail ; they cover 

 less space in the longitudinal direction, are broader, and have the pro- 

 jecting angles less prominent. 



in. lin. 



Length from tip of nose to root of tail 15 



of tail 9 



of the scaly portion beneath 3 3 



from nose to ear 2 3 



of ear 1 3 



of fore foot and claws 1 11 



of hind foot and claws 2 9 



Anomalurus Pelii, Temminck. 



Larger than either of the foregoing. Black above ; dirty vhite 

 below ; throat dusky ; chin, upper surface of the nose, the region of 

 the muffle (or naked portion of the nose), the long and soft hairs on 

 the outer surface of the ears at the base, and the tail, white ; the 

 flank-membrane is broadly margined with white, and the hairs on 

 the feet are for the most part white, but with an admixture of black 

 or dusky ; the long hairs springing from the base of the nails of the 

 hinder feet are black. 



Hab. Ashantee. 



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