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Ears large, with well-marked postauricular fulvous patches, 
Metatragus low, simple, triangular. Hairs round naked pygal 
patch tipped with fulvous. Under surface pure white, not 
sharply defined, the bases of the hair everywhere slaty grey. 
Hands and feet white. ‘Tail thinly haired, brown above, 
whiter below. . 
Skull and dentition closely similar to those of WM. pulcher. 
Upper canines unicuspid, but this character seems variable. 
Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) :— 
Head and body 1380 millim. ; tail 1380; hind foot (s. u.) 35; 
ear 24, 
Skull: greatest length 38; basal length 32:6; greatest 
breadth 21-3; length of nasals 13°8; interorbital breadth 5:8 ; 
breadth of brain-case 15:2; palate length 19°5; length of 
upper tooth-row 18:1. 
This species differs from IM. pulcher by its paler colour 
and the more diffuse character of its postocular markings *. 
* In working out this Wacroscelides the three specimens obtained by 
Lord Delamere have been more closely examined. Two of them may 
still continue to bear the name pulcher, but the third seems to represent a 
new form, which may be called 
Macroscelides Delamere, sp. u. 
Allied to M. pulcher, but without postocular markings, 
Size rather less than in M. pulcher, General colour pale vinaceous 
grey, intermediate between M. pulcher and Pease?. Muzzle greyish, the 
mesial dark line scarcely perceptible. White orbital rings present, but 
no black and white postocular markings, the white rings incomplete be- 
hind, but the gap not darkened, nor is there any posterior extension of the 
white. Ears as in MW, Pease, but the metatragus rather higher and the 
postauricular patches paler and less prominent. Colour of under surface, 
of hands, feet, and tail as above described in M. Peasev. 
| Skull as in M. Peasez, but smaller throughout. Upper canines bicuspid. 
Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) :— 
Head and body 110 millim.; tail 100; hind foot (s. u.) 29; ear 20. 
Skull: basal length 31-3; greatest breadth 20: length of nasals 12; 
interorbital breadth 56; breadth of brain-case 15°5; palate length 18°6 ; 
length of upper tooth-row 18. 
Hub, Athi River, British East Africa, alt. 6000 feet. 
Type. Female. B.M. no. 0. 6.21. 4. Collected November 18, 1899, 
and presented by Lord Delamere. ‘ Caught on open grass-land. Native 
name Enderrone.” 
I may also take this opportunity to describe 
Maeroscelides Rozeti deserti, subsp. u. 
Essential characters, size, proportions of ears and tail, absence of eye- 
markings, and other details as in the true M. Rozet’, but the general 
colour is a sandy desert colour, something like Ridgway’s “ pinkish buff,’ 
but with a slightly vinaceous tone in it. Postauricular region and flanks 
clear buffy. 
On the other hand, an example from Oran, therefore a topotype of 
