1)14: Messrs. O. Thomas and U. 0. Wrouirliton on 



interorbital breadth 15 ; mastoid breadth 31 ; palatal 

 length ii'5 ; breadth of palate outside p* 23'2; greatest 

 diameter of;/ 7'1, of m^ 5*7, of m^ 5"1. 



Ilah. Nortliern Congo. Ti/pe from Banzyville, Uban.a:hi, 



2)/;;e obtained from a trader by Mr. Boyd Alexander. Five 

 specimens examined. 



Tills remarkable species differs widely from any previously 

 known, its nearest ally, C. obscurus, being only about two 

 thirds its size. 



It is a curiously variable animal, both in colour and in the 

 condition of its pelage, though this latter may be a question 

 of season. A young example obtained by Emin Pasha in 

 Niam-Niam is absolutely without the long hairs characteristic 

 of two of the Alexander-Gosling specimens, Avhile a third 

 is in an intermediate condition. 



An example of Crossarchus Dyhoioskii, Pousargues, was 

 also obtained by the Expedition. 



Crossarchus Talhoti, sp. n. 



A striped Crossarchus of medium size and very pale 

 coloration. 



Hair of back short (15-20 mm.) and rather harsh. 



The usual colour-pattern of the group; ground-colour a 

 dingy white, grizzled with black on the neck and shoulders, 

 and becoming " pinkish buff^' when alternating with black 

 in the stripes of the back. 



Approximate dimensions : — 



Head and body 450 mm.; tail 300. 



Ilab. Bornu, North Nigeria. 



Ti/pe. Adult. B.M. no. 5.5.13.2. Collected by Mr. P. 

 A. Talbot and presented to the Natural History Museum. 



A second sj;ecimen (young) which had been kept in 

 captivity by Capt. Gosling shows that the pale coloration is 

 quite normal and not an individual characteristic. 



The species most resembling Talhoti is somalicus, Thos. ; 

 but in that species the dark stiipes of the colour-pattern are 

 rather dark brown than black, while the paler are a red- 

 brown ap])roaching " hazel," so that the pattern is obscured, 

 while in Talboti the contrast between the black and pale bars 

 is strongly marked, though the general colour is even paler 

 than in somalicus. The short hair of Talhoti serves further 

 to distinguish it from the long-haired (40 mm.) somalicus, 

 and, lastly, it has a black tip to the tail which is wanting in 

 somalicus. 



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