new Specits of Viscaccia. 41;; 



Hah. Liinbaiic, Inanibari, Dojit. Puno. Alt. ;j500 m. 

 Type. Adult inal.'. 15. M. no. 1.1.1. 52. Collected 26tli 

 July, 1900, by P. 0. Simons. Three specimens. 



Viscaccia pitnensis, sp. n. 



Size small. Colour more brownish grey, the area across 

 the shoulders specially brown. Dorsal line fairly distinct. 

 Wool-!iairs about 24 mm. Under surface dull creamy 

 whitish, the brown basal part of the hairs less hidden than 

 usual. Axillary white spots well marked. Feet white. 

 Tail sharply bicolor, the li^i^ht part of the crest nearly white; 

 the mider surface and end black. 



Hind fiot (on skin) 90 mm. ; length of skull 76*5. 



Hub. Puno, Lake Titicaca. Alt. 3800 m. 



Ty/je. Adult female. B.M. no. 97. 10. 3. 51. Collected 

 1st April, 1896, by J. Kalinowski. Six specimens. 



Viscaccia cuscus, sp. n. 



Size large. Colour deep grey, about grey no. 5 ; dorsal 

 line very distinct, black, about 300 mm. in length. "Wool- 

 hairs about 23 mm. Under surface "buff" or "pinkish 

 buff" ; axillary white patclies unusually large. Feet cream- 

 colour. Tail grizzled grey, not markedly bicolor, the prox- 

 imal part of the under surface above blackish. 



Hind foot (fresh) 102 mm. ; length of skull 91. 



Hub. Paratani, Bolivia (about 66° W., 17° 5' S ). Alt. 

 2600 m. 



Type. Adult female. B.^M. no. 2.1.1.104. Collected 

 9th April, 1901, by P. O. Simons. One specimen. 



Viscaccia lutea, sp. n. 



Colour between cream-buff and clay-colour ; dorsal line 

 fairly distinct, about 150 mm. in length ; wool-hairs about 

 29-30 mm. Under surface cream-buff ; the axillary spots 

 well marked. Feet creamy. Tail bicolor, the upper crest 

 mixed with blackish. 



Hind foot (on skin) 95 mm. ; length of skull 85. 



Hab. Esperanza, Sahama, Bolivia. Alt. 4O00 m. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 98. 3. 16. 22. Collected 

 12th Ma}-, 181)7, by Gustav Garlepp. Four specimens. 



Viscaccia perlutea^ sp. n. 



Like V. lutea, but the colour throughout a richer buffy. 

 Face clearer grey. Dorsal line very strong, nearly 200 mm. 



31* 



