32 On new Mammals from South Africa. 



fur, paler general colour, white feet and longer hind feet, and 

 by the skull having broadened spatulate nasals and a longer 

 upper molar tooth -row. 



In my key to this genus (published in this Magazine in 

 October last, p. 2G6) the last section under A. a* might now 

 stand as follows : — 



¥. All four laminae of m^ complete : tail short 

 and slender, 

 rt*. Fur long ; liind foot 24 mm. ; upper molar 



series 8'5 mm. (O.R.C.) O. Turneri, sp. u. 



h*. Fur short; hind foot 22 mm. ; upper molar 



series 7-5 mm. (Deelfontein.) O. Sloggetti, Thos. 



In order to compare a specimen of Pedetes contained in 

 Mr. Turner's collection, I had occasion to lay out all the 

 specimens available in the Museum, with the result that it 

 became at once apparent that there are at least three local 

 races of the South-African Pedetes cafer separable on colour- 

 characters. They are distinguishable as follows : — 



A. Tail dark ahove; paler below thau above, but not 



white ; ears {circ.) 75 mm. (Cape Colony.) P. cafer. 



B. Tail pale above, white below. 



a. General colour above " wood-brown " ; ears longer, 



(circ.) 75 mm. (0. E. Colonj.) P- c. oranrjice. 



b. General colour above redder, nearest to " vinaceous 



cinnamon,'' but darker ; ears shorter, {circ.) 70 mm. 



(N. Transvaal.) P. c. salinee. 



The following are descriptions of the new subspecies : — 



Pedetes cafer orangioe^ subsp. n. 



Size and general characters as in true P. cafer. 



General colour above " wood-brown." Hairs on the 

 shoulders and back pale slate-coloured at their bases, then 

 " pinkish buff" with black tips ; a small proportion of wholly 

 black hairs sparsely scattered among the others. (In all 

 three forms the slaty bases, black tips, and scattered black 

 hairs disappear on the lower back, rump, and tail.) Colour 

 below pure white, the hairs white to their bases. Tail above 

 coloured like the rump, below pure white (except a discoloured 

 area near the base) ; tip for about 100 mm. black above and 

 below. 



Skull-characters as in true P. cafer. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 400 mm. ; tail 410 ; hind foot 130 ; ear 75. 



Skull : upper length 89 ; basilar length 62 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 57. 



