170 :\ri-. 0. Thomas r5?i 



Sectiou II. 



Skull flat, no marked elevation of the interorbital roglon or 



depression of the general line of the cranium. 



(iroup I . 



iiP with 9 lamin;e, the last one very small and not 



entirely separated from the 8th, 



(22) Otomi/s fortior, Thos. 



Otomr/s ii/pm fortior, Thos. Ann. it Mag. Nat. Hist, (7) vol. xviii. 

 p. 30-> (1906). 



Larger than the precediiio- .species with a much flatter 

 .skull, the iuterorbical region showing very little of the 

 characteristic arched appearance seen in the other members 

 of this group; »i^ with 9 laminae. 



In colour this species most nearly resembles angonieusis, 

 the }'ellowish suffusion so evident in percivalt, and to a certain 

 extent in ti/pus, is hn'e almost absent; dorsal surface a 

 uniform brown, lined with butf. Light markings around 

 eyes and ears absent. Backs of hands and feet dirty brown. 

 Under parts slate-gre}^ washed w^ith buff. 



Skull, as stated above, without any marked elevation of 

 the interorbital region. Incisors and molars large and broad ; 

 m' with 9 lamina, the last very small. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 182 mm. ; tail 97 ; hind foot 30 ; ear 26. 



►Skull : greatest length 89 ; basilar length 32*2 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 19"8 ; width of brain-case 16*7 ; greatest 

 width across nasals 7*2 ; depth from highest point of orbit to 

 alveolar border at front o£ m^ 11"8 ; palatilar length 19'1 ; 

 hngth of upper molar series from front alveolar border to 

 back ofm' 11-3. 



J/ah. Cl.arada, Kaffa. Altitude GOOO feet. 



Ti/j>e. Adult female. B.M. no. 6. 11. 1. 29. 



This form was described by Thomas as a race of tj/pits ; 

 on account of its cranial characters and the occurrence of 

 9 laminae in m^ it is here considered as a distinct species. 



X. — Tivo new Species o/Leuconoe. 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



(Publi-shed by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Leucotwe moluccarum, sp. n. 

 Like L. Jiorsjieldi, but the feet larger and the colour 

 browner. 

 General characters as in the allied species. Fur soft, fine, 



