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Africa by its dark-colored wing membranes [distinguishing from 

 tenuipinnis, rendalli, and phas^na], short outer upper incisors [dis- 

 tinguishing from grandidieri], large, flattened skull,* and distinctly 

 bifurcate inner upper incisors [distinguishing from somalicus]. In 

 addition to the type there are two topotypes and three other specimens 

 from Gondokoro in the collection. 



CHiEREPEON PUMILUS NAIVASH^, subsp. nov. 



Type from Naivasha Station, British East Africa. United States 

 National Museum No. 166658, male, in alcohol, with skull removed. 

 Collected August 7, 1909, by J. Alden Loring. Orig. No. 6955. 



Description. — Lik^ Chcvrephon pumiliis pumilus Cretzschmar, but 

 larger, with longer fv rearm and larger skull ; color averaging some- 

 what darker. 



Measurements. — Type, compared with adult male of true pumilus 

 from Saaita, Eritrea (number 143166), measurements of the latter 

 in parentheses: Forearm, 42 (38) mm.; skull, condylobasal length, 

 16.0 (15.4) ; zygomatic breadth, 10.8 (10.4) ; interorbital constriction, 

 4.0 (3.6) ; mastoid breadth, 9.9 (9.2) ; mandible, 11. 7 (11.8) ; maxil- 

 lary tooth row, including canine, 6.3 (6.2) ; entire lower tooth rov.^ 

 7.3 (7.0). Average of length of forearm in fifteen adults of 

 naivashce, 40.3 ; in eighteen adults of pmnilus from Eritrea, Sudan, 

 and Northern Uganda, 36.5. 



GENETTA PUMILA, sp. nov. 



Type from Mount Gargues (North Creek, at 6,000 feet), British 

 East Africa. United States National Museum No. 182704, skin and 

 skull of adult male (basal suture closed). Collected September i, 

 1911, by Edmund Heller. Orig. No. 4193. 



Description. — Like Genetta stuhlmanni Matschie, but much smaller, 

 with smaller skull and teeth. Color as in the paler specimens ot 

 stuhlmanni which approach somewhat the characteristic coloration 

 of G. erlangeri Matschie. Ground color of body bufif or cream-buff 

 with a grayish tinge ; dorsal stripe blackish ; large spots along dorsal 

 stripe reddish brown ; smaller spots on hips and flanks seal-brown or 

 blackish ; outer shoulder stripes, from crown to arms, sharply marked, 

 the three inner stripes to withers much less distinct ; crown reddish 

 brown, a narrow stripe of same color extending to the (Tuller brown 

 of nose ; sides of face sharply marked by buffy white patch between 

 eye and lips ; upper lips whitish ; fore and Hind feet buffy above, 

 the hind feet dark brown below. Chin and throat grayish buff' ; 



