1898,] FBOM NYASALAJfD. 393 



beJDg specially numerous over the loins. Belly-hairs slaty grey 

 basally. Hands and feet pure white above, the latter conspicuously 

 shorter than in G. bohmi. Tail long, brown above throughout, 

 white below, not white all round terminally as in G. bbkmi. 



Skull smaller and slighter than in G. hohmi. Interparietal larger. 

 Palatal foramina narrow and laterally compressed. Posterior 

 narial passage narrow, its opening above reduced to a mere notch 

 in the centre. 



Teeth. Incisors quite smooth and rounded in front, without 

 even the rudimentary grooves found in G. hohmi. Molars com- 

 paratively light and delicate. 



Dimensions of the type, an adult female, in skin : — 



Head and body 120 mm. ; tail 122 ; hind foot (moistened) 32 ; 

 ear 17. 



Skull: basilar length 29 mm.; nasals 14-2 X 4-1; interorbital 

 breadth 6 ; breadth of brain-case 1-5 ; length of anterior zygoma- 

 root 7"5 ; diastema 10"1 ; palate length from henselion 17-5 ; upper 

 molar series (crowns) 5'8. 



Hah. Songwe, N. Nyasa. 



Tt/j>e. B.M. No. 98.5.22.14. Collected and presented by Mr, 

 Alfred Sharpe. 



This species may be readily distinguished by its smaller size and 

 differently-coloured tail from G. hohmi, of which the British 

 Museum recently received examples obtained at Fort Hill during 

 Mr, Whyte's exploration of Northern Nyasa \ 



10. Steatomts peatensis Pet. 

 a-d. Songwe, Oct. 1897. 



11. Eqtjus buechelli oeawshati De Wint. 

 a, h. Adult and young. Zomba. 



12. BUBALIS IICHTENSTEIXI Pet. 



a,h. 2 . Zomba. 



13. Cephaiophtjs lugen-s, sp. n, 



a, h. Imm. $ and its foetus. Urori. 



c. Plat skin. October 1897. 



A member of the G. monticola group, but lai^ger and darker 

 coloured than in any of the three species of that group, C. 7nonti- 

 cola, melanorheus, and ceqiiatorialis ^. Pemale with horns. 



General colour above dark umber-brown. Forehead and top of 

 muzzle nearly black, the crest, which is much longer than is usual 

 in this group, quite black ; sides of face brown, the lines over the 

 eyes brownish white. Backs of ears black for their anterior halves. 



1 See P. Z. S. 1897, p. 935. 



^ Since the above was written Dr. Matscliie has described (S.B. 6es. nat. Fr. 

 1897, p. 158) another member of this group— C. hecki, from Mozambique; but 

 that, like C. monticola, has red legs. 



