the Northern Territory of the Oold Coast. 357 



having overlooked the fact that this name had been used by Stuhlniann 

 in his book ' Mit Emin Pasha,' p. 320, for the little striped squirrel pre- 

 viously described under the name of «S'. Boehmi by Eeichenow. My 

 original name for the Monbuttu squirrel therefore having found its way 

 into the synonymy of another species, I now propose for it the name of 

 Funisciurus akka. 



Ftimsciurus substriatus, sp. n. 



Size rather larger than S. poensis and the tail more bushy ; 

 closely resembling that species in colour, but the yeltow rings 

 in the fur are broader and more ochre-coloured ; the sides of 

 the face, bases of the ears, and underparts also ochraceoas 

 and not greenish yellow. On each side there are faint indica- 

 tions of a single pale stripe, scarcely so well defined as that 

 found in S. Bayonii. From the latter species the most evident 

 distinction is the much paler ochre-coloured underparts and 

 the coarser annulation of the fur. 



The size of the feet is a good character by which this 

 new species may at all times be distinguished from examples 

 of 8. poensis, the feet of the latter being so very much 

 smaller. 



(^ , April 10, 1899, near Kintampo, Gold Coast hinterland, 

 800 feet. 



Type no. 99. 6. 15. 12 in British Museum. 



Collector's measurements (taken from the animal in the 

 flesh): — Head and body 160 millim. ; tail 195; ear 15; 

 hind foot 39. The measurement of the tail seems to 

 include the hair, which is about 30 millim. in length. 



Skull : greatest length 42 millim. ; greatest breadth 24 ; 

 across brain-case 19 ; narrowest interorbital constriction 11; 

 length of nasals 10*5 ; basal length 34'5 ; back of incisors to 

 back of palate 16*5 ; incisive foramina 3 ; length of molar 

 series 7'5 ; breadth outside vis} 9*5 ; antero-posterior length 

 of auditory bulla 8'5, 



JVlandible : greatest length, tip of incisors to condyle, 28'5; 

 bone only 24 ; height, coronoid to angle, 15'3. 



In size and proportions this squirrel very nearly resembles 

 S. lemniscatusj which may be iound to be its nearest ally. 

 The skull and dentition of these two species resemble eacli 

 other very closely — in fact, there seem no characters to satis- 

 factorily distinguish them, being of the same size, and both 

 have laminated hypsodont molars, in no way resembling the 

 tuberculate brachydont molars of S. poensis. 



This new species therefore will probably be found to be a 

 plain-coloured local representative of the distinctly striped 

 Camaroon species S. leniniscatus and S. Isabella. The teeth 



