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the anterior lateral eyes are close to the edge of the clypeus 
and are relatively larger, and that the anterior line of eyes 1s 
slightly wider than the*posterior. The young thus seem to 
occupy the same relations towards the adult that valenciana, 
Sim., does towards scalops. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 
Fig. 1. Paramigas subrufus, gen. et sp. n., 2, nat. size. 
‘igs. la, 16. Ditto. Two views of nest. ; 
Fig. 2. Thyropeus mirandus, gen. et sp. n., 2, nat. size. 
Fig.2a. Ditto. Sternum. 
ig. 26. Ditto. Maxilla, 
Fig. 3. Neocteniza Sclateri, gen. et sp. u. Eyes (lateral eyes a little too 
prominent). 
Fig. 3a. Ditto. Side view of carapace. 
Fig. 36. Ditto, Labium and part of sternum. 
Fig. 4. Anemesia tubifex (Poc.), gen. nov. Sternum. 
_ XXIX.—Description of a new Species of Squirrel from 
Central Africa. By W. E. pE WInTon. 
By the kind permission of the authorities of the British 
Museum | have been enabled to examine the series of African 
Squirrels in the National Collection ; and though I contem- 
plate publishing full notes later on, I now describe one species 
the distinctiveness of which has hitherto been overlooked. 
The specimens were obtained by Emin Pasha, and I name 
the species in his honour. 
Sciurus Emini, sp. n. 
In form and general distribution of colour resembling 
S. pyrrhopus (. Cuv.), but considerably smaller in size and 
much plainer in colouring. ‘The outer-fur of the back and 
sides is black, with a subterminal band of golden olive, the 
soft under-tur being slate-black tipped with golden brown; a 
very narrow pale stripe on either side runs from the shoulder 
to the hip, formed by the outer-fur of this part lacking the 
black tips; the sides of the face from the nose to the ears, 
embracing the eyes, the fore and hind limbs, foxy red, the 
border-lines not sharply detined; the crown of the head and 
front of the face more rufous than the back, the hairs being 
still black but banded with reddish instead of golden olive ; 
the jowl is yellowish ; the chin orange ; the throat, belly, and 
inner side of legs, white more or less suffused with red, the 
inner side of the hind legs being orange-rufous save for the 
under-fur, which is always white; there is no sharp line 
