new Mammals /rum Lnke Chad and the Congo. 377 



the throat and che.st. The fjjiounJ-colour of the back extends 

 over the whole head and tace, except the ears, which are 

 conspicuously white. The hairs of the tail (about 15 mm.) 

 ringed pale and dark and pale tipped, except those at the 

 extreme tip, which are lonfijer and broadly black tipped. 



Skull, though smaller in all ways, shajjed much as in 

 Emi/ii ; intororl)ital area, however, proportionally mucli 

 broader and distinctly flatter, and postorbital processes very 

 much further back than in Emini. 



The following are measurements of the type specimen, the 

 body-dimensions being those recorded by the collector : — 



Head and bo<ly 110 mm. ; tail 115; hind foot 26; ear 13. 



Skull: greatest length 30; basilar length 22; brain- 

 case 14*5 ; interorbital breadth 9 ; length of nasals 8"5 ; 

 upper tooth-row 5'3; true molars 3 7; bullae 7. (The 

 measurements of the second specimen scarcely differ from 

 these.) 



JLib. Gudima, R. Iri, Upper Welle. 



Ti/pe. An adult male. Original no. 122. Collected on 

 29th August, 1906, by Mr. Boyd Alexander. (Two speci- 

 mens examined.) 



Its small size and conspicuous white ears suffice to distin- 

 guish Alexandri at a glance from any other species. 



Funisciurus Antonio^, sp. n. 



A very small striped species, like F. Alexandria but the 

 ears not white and the striping different. 



Size slightly greater than in F. Alexandria with which it 

 forms a special section of the group characterized by small 

 size and the siiort blunt-nosed skull. General ground-colour 

 pale greenish yellow, paler and greyer than in F. Bohmi and 

 Alexandri. Striping of back exactly as in F. Bohmi Emini, 

 i. e. with four distinct black stripes, but the outer narrow 

 pair only running halfway up the body from the loins. 

 Median pale stripe about 5 mm. broad, pale yellowish; outer 

 light stripes 2}, -3 mm. broad, yellowish white, whiter than 

 the median. Head of the general ground-colour, a dark 

 mark running through the eye, slight in front of it, distinct 

 behind it, succeeded below by a yellow line from whiskers to 

 ear ; upper eyelid also yellow. Ears of the general pale 

 greenish-yellow colour, not conspicuously white as in 

 F. Alexandri. Under surface broadly washed from chin to 

 anus with bright yellowish buff. Limbs yellowish grey 

 externally, bufiy on their inner aspects. Tail slender, grizzled 

 black and pale yellow, as in the allied species. 



Skull larger than that of F. Alexandria but of the same 

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