104 Mr. P. S. Kcrsliaw on 



" Fairly plentiful arouml N'dola. This species appeared 

 to be rather less ot" a forest animal than Paraxeriis cepapl, 

 Iteing tVcqucntly observed around trees that were growing 

 in the gardens." 



30. Paraxerus cepapi quotus, Wrought. 

 (? . 24, 38, 406 ; ? . 10, 407, 423. N'dola. 



31. Paraxerus cepapi sindt, Thos. & Wrought. 



S . 36, 37, 69 ; ? . 31, 38, 56. Monze. 

 A large amount of material has been received by the 

 British xMuseum since the various geograpliical races of 

 P. cepapi were established. The difference between the 

 forms is not great, and there are many areas of intergradation. 

 Tliore seems no doubt that P. c. soccatiis, Wrought., from 

 N. Angoniland should merge in P. yidei, Tlios. 



The matciiul to hand suggests the following areas of 

 distribution : — 



P. cepapi, A. Smith. — Typical locality : " the banks of 

 the Marikwa River." llange : from the Upper Limpopo to 

 Natal. 



P.c.sindi, Thos. & Wrought. — Typical locality: Tette, 

 oi» the Zambesi. Range : Lake Ngami, the Kafuo, Zam- 

 besi, and Shire Rivers. 



P. c. yulei, Tiios. ( = P. c. soccahis, Wrought.). — Typical 

 locality : Muezo, near Lake Mweru. Range : from Lake 

 Mweru, eastwaid to the Tanganyika-Nyasa Plateau, and 

 southward to Anironiland. 



P. c. quotusj Wrought. — Typical locality : Katanga Dist., 

 Congo State, 'i'iie actu.d locality given on the type-specimen 

 is "near the Dikulwe River, Katanga." Range: Katanga 

 eastward to the Loangwa Valley. 



Tlie Loangwa Valley seems to be an area of intcrgradation 

 between P. c. quoins and P. c. sindi. 



Tlie key given by Wroughton (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (8) iii. p. 516, June 1909) may be rearranged as follows : — 



A. Flanks and tliighs strongly suffused with orange-buff. 



a. lielly clay-colour 1\ cepapi. 



b. l^elly wjiite 1\ c. sindi. 



IJ. Flanks and thighs not, or only slightly, suffused with 



oran;:e-buff. 



a. yhoulder-patches red. Feet buffy P. c. quotas. 



b. 8houlder-j)atche8 absent or inconspicuous. Feet grey 



or greyish P. c. ytdei. 



