330 = Dr. J. E. Gray’s Synopsis of the African Squirrels 
See Sciurus musculinus, Temm. Esq. 142; Guinea. Body 
5 inches, tail 6} inches long. Perhaps same as former. Who 
does not recognize S. poensis from Dr. A. Smith’s description ? 
*** Tail one-coloured, red. Middle-sized. 
10. Macroazus palliatus. 
Sciurus palliatus, Peters, Monat. 1852, p.273; Mossam. 184, t. 31. f. 1 
(young), t. 32. f. 3 (skull). 
Sc. ornatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 13, t. 1. 
Head, neck, chest, legs and thighs, and under part of the 
body red; tail bright red bay ; back, shoulders, rump, and upper 
side of the base of the tail olive-grey, punctulated with white 
and black. 
Hab. South Africa, Natal (Fosbrooke ; Gray’s type in B.M.). 
Mossambique (Peters). 
b. Body with a pale stripe on each side, separated from the pale 
colour of the under part of the body by a band of the same 
colour as the back. 
11. Macroxus pyrrhopus. 
Sciurus pyrrhopus, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t.; Temm. Esq. 132. 
Sc. rubripes, Du Chaillu. 
Sc. erythropus, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith.; Waterh. Cat. Mus. Zool. Soc. 46. 
Sc. leucostigma, Cuvier, fide Verreaux (not Temm. Esq. 133). 
Xerus congicus, Temm. Esq. 125 (not Sc. congicus, Kuhl). 
Dark brown-grey, dorsal streak yellowish ; sides of the head, 
throat, shoulders, sides of the body, outer side of thighs and 
legs, and feet red; chin, throat, chest, belly, and inner side of 
the legs white: tail black, obscurely pale-ringed, whitish- 
washed, with a black tip; hairs grey at the base, with a very 
broad black ring and grey tip. 
Hab. West Africa: B.M. Guinea: B.M. Ashantee: B.M. 
Fernando Po: type, Waterhouse and A. Smith. 
Var. erythrops. Fur darker, brighter brown, of the head 
bright red chestnut. 
? Se. ebui, Temm. Esq. 129. 
Hab. Gaboon (Walker). 
c. Back with a pale streak on each side; cheeks and temples pale- 
streaked. 
12. Macroxus congicus. 
Sciurus congicus, Kuhl, Beitr. 66 (young). Type, B.M. 
Sc. flavivittatus, Peters, Mossamb. Saugeth. 128, t. 29 (adult), t. 32. f. 1. 
Xerus flavivittis, Temm. Esq. 124; Giebel, 59. 
Olive-grey, minutely punctulated with grey and black; back 
