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Skull readily distinguishable from that of G. moholi by its much 

 longer muzzle, the palate-length being over 17 mm., as com- 

 pared with 15 in the type of moholi, and all the other muzzle 

 measurements in proportion. The bidlfe also are lower and 

 less abruptly swollen anteriorly, and the canines appear to be 

 I'ather heavier. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 158 mm. ; tail 237 ; hind foot 63 ; ear 43. 



Skull — greatest length 45 mm. ; basal length 35 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 28 ; mastoid breadth 23*5 ; tip of nasals to back of 

 orbits 25 ; palate-length 18 ; front of canine to back of m^ 15'6. 



T^/joe. Adult male. B.M. no. 6.11.8.7. Original number 1662. 

 Collected 26 August, 1906. 



This Galago differs from G. moholi by its long bushy black- 

 tipped tail and by its markedly longer muzzle. Peters's G. mos- 

 samhicus, the skull of which is figured by him under the name of 

 senegalensis, has a short muzzle as in the true moholi. 



With regard to G. consjncillatus I. Geoff., Prof. Trouessart 

 kindly informs us that the tail of the type is only 20 mm. in total 

 bi'eadth, therefore exactly as in moholi, not as in the Inhambane 

 species. 



We have had great pleasure in nam.ing this interesting little 

 " Bush-baby " after its captor, Mr. C. H. B. Grant, who has 

 collected the whole of the immense number of mammals recorded in 

 the present series of papers, and has thus ably utilised the splendid 

 opportunity afforded him by the generosity of Mr. Rudd. 



" Native name, ' Suwanjati.' 



" Common and inhabiting the forests. It is strictly nocturnal, 

 sleeping during the day in the hollow trees, where it may generally 

 be taken in small family parties. This species like many others 

 is eaten by the natives. 



" G. crassicaudatus was several times heard calling in these 

 parts at night, and I saw one skin worn by a boy ; none, however, 

 could be secured by myself or the natives, although I offered good 

 rewards for a specimen. It is known to the natives as ' Gerile '." — 

 C. H. B. G. 



4. ScoTOPHiLUS NiGRTTA Schreb. 



S. 1577,1578,1621,1656. $. 1579,1616,1665,1671,1672, 

 1673. 



In this series there would seem to be two forms distinguished 

 by size. The larger corresponding closely to, if not identical with, 

 the specimens from Klein Letaba provisionally identified by 

 Thomas & Schwann (P. Z. S. 1906, p. 577) as nigrita. The 

 pi'esence in one place of two forms differing in size seems to be a 

 common occurrence in this group, as for instance, 2yl((>nirostris and 

 viridis of Peters fi'om the Zambesi Valley, and nigrita hereto 

 and damarensis of Thomas from S. W. Africa. We ai-e of opinion 

 that it is safer to include all these specimens provisionally under 

 nigrita until the group can be worked out in its entirety. 



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