new HeJgehog from Southern Arahiti. \'.\ 



Bare area on tlie centre of the head well developed, be^iiiniti}]^ 

 slightly anterior to the front border of the oars and prolon^<id 

 backwards to the nape, tapered gradually from its biiso to its 

 apex. 'J'he sj)ines do not t'xtcn<l in advance of tho anterior 

 border of the ears. 



Head rather short and l)ro;i(i. I'^ars very lar;^c and 

 rounded, their height from lower border of external meatus 

 to tip equalling in adults the length from the external meatus 

 to the snout. 



In some individuals not quite adult the ears are somewhat 

 shorter. Limbs strong and moderately long; forefeet broad, 

 hind feet narrower, claws strong. The palmar surface <jf the 

 fore feet with a single broad pad, occasionally divided in two 

 or nearly so, and when so divided the outer division is the 

 larger. Two much smaller, nearly equal-sized plantar pads 

 on the hind feet placed side by side, and in some specimens 

 more or less obliquely, with granular eminences between them 

 and the digital pads. 



The s|)ines in a broad area along the back have their tips 

 nearly black, and in some individuals the tips of these s])ines 

 are wholly black, whereas, in all, the spines on the sides have 

 broad white tips; so that this hedgehog is distinguished by a 

 broad black dorsal stripe with white sides. 



The whole of the face to beyond tiie eyes, the Iroiit of the 

 forehead, and a stripe behind the angle of the mouth to below 

 the ears, the chin, the back of the ears, a broad area of tho 

 internal borders, more especially the lower half of the inner 

 border, black or blackish brown. Sides of the body below 

 the spines, the limbs, tail, and around the genitalia likewise 

 blackish brown. The throat, chest, and upper part of belly 

 mixed white and brown in blotches. The insides of the ears, 

 the sides of the neck below the ears, and the area between 

 the ears and the eyes white. 



The above description is taken from an adult male in 

 alcohol from the Iladramaut, collected by the Bent Expe- 

 dition, which is taken as the type of the species, and from 

 which the skull has not yet been extracted. 



In some individuals black prevails over all the j):irts, only 

 a few greyish hairs being present on the forehead and front 

 of the ears, below the ears and on the throat, but the white 

 centre of the ears is present in all. In others, only the face, 

 the fore limb from the elbow downwards, the hind litnb, 

 genitalia and the area around them, and the tail are black, 

 the other parts being pure white, while in some brown hairs 

 appear here and there on the white of the umlerparts. 



