96 MR. E. R. ALSTON ON THE GENUS ANOMALURUS. [ Feb. 16, 
1860. Anomalurus beldeni, Du Chaillu, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 
Hist. vii. p. 303*. 
Above grizzled sooty brcwn, extremities darker, area round ears 
blackish. Below dirty white, chin and throat dark grey. Mea- 
surements of a small specimen in the flesh :—head and body 11 in., 
tail 11°50, ear 1°30, fore foot (without claw) 1°40, hind foot 2. 
Hab. Fernando Po (Fraser, Brit. Mus.) ; Gambia? (Brit. Mus.); 
Ashantee (Mus. R. Coll. Surg.). 
2. ANOMALURUS PELII. 
1845. Anomalurus peliit, Temminck, Verhand. over de Nat. 
Geschied. der Nederl. Bezitt. i. (d. ii.) p. 108; Esquisses Zool. 
(1853), p. 146. 
Above sooty black; the broad margin of the flying-expansion, 
nose, long hairs at base of ears, tail, and lower parts white ; feet white, 
mixed with dusky. Measurements of a specimen in the flesh :— 
head and body 17 in., tail 17°75, ear 1°75, fore foot 1-60, hind foot 
2°50. 
Hab. Fantee, Ashantee (Pel, Leyden Mus.; Brit. Mus.). 
3. ANOMALURUS BEECROFTI. 
1852. Anomalurus beecrofti, Fraser, P. Z. 8. 1852, p. 17, 
pl. xxxil. 
Above grizzled yellowish grey, washed along the spine with 
rufous ; front part of flying-expansion dusky ; a short pale band on 
each side of the neck, and a small white spot between the ears; tail 
dusky brown. Below bright rufous. Measurements of a dry skin : 
—head and body 15 in., tail 9. 
Hab. Ashantee (Fraser, Brit. Mus.) ; Cameroon Mountains, 
7000 feet above sea (Burton, Brit. Mus.)t. 
4, ? ANOMALURUS LANIGER. 
1853. Anomalurus laniger, Temminck, Esquisses Zoologiques, 
p. 149. 4 
Above grizzled grey, washed along the spine and on the shoulders 
with rufous; tail brown. Throat and breast rufous, rest of the 
lower parts reddish white. Fur throughout short, thick, woolly, and 
crisp. Measurements of a dry skin :—head and body 9 in., tail 7. 
Hab. West Afriea, exact locality not known (Leyden Mus.). 
I have not seen Temminck’s type, which is described as not fully 
grown and in bad condition. Probably it is the young of the last 
species, in which the fur is certainly shorter and more woolly than 
in the others. 
5. ANOMALURUS FULGENS. (Plate XXI.) 
1869. Anomalurus fulgens, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4th 
ser.), iil. p. 469. 467. 
Nearly uniform bright rufous, rather paler below, and passing to 
* Of. Gray, P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 275. t Cf. P. ZS. 1862, p. 180. 
