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Schreber's plate xcvi. (Saugtli. ), with which toissmanni is iJentiiied 

 But the ochraceous ground-colour, the paleness of the under parts, 

 and, moreover, the relative proximity of Linyanti to Epukiro, the 

 type-locality of toissmanni, prevent me from giving it a new name, 

 at least until some other specimens are available. Bv the way, 

 the material on which Crocuta loissmanrd was based is far from 

 good. The type is a skin without skull, and Prof, Matschie is 

 not sure that the skull from Windhoek, described in his paper, 

 really belongs to the same form. 



CrOCCTA LICOXTIKWI iSiituniu. 



A skull, without skin, from Abyssinia (B.M, no, G9.2.2.13, 

 Jesse). Its dimensions answer rather well to those given bv 

 Satunin for his specimen 5784. It belongs to the narrow type 

 and is broken behind, it being, therefore, impossible to measure 

 its condylo-basal length. 



Skull-measurements. — Zygomatic breadth, 153 mm.; intei'orbital 

 breadth, 55*5 ; postorbital constriction, 41 ; ro.stral breadth on 

 canines, 58 ; width of palate across the carnassials, 99 ; mandible, 

 from condyle, 172 ; upper tooth-series, 98 ; lower tooth-series, 103 ; 

 vipper carnassial, 36 X 19 ; lowei- carnassial, 26 x 10. 



Another skull, without skin, fi'om the White Nile (B.M. no. 

 2.8.5.4, Maj. Dunn), seems to belong to the same species ; whereas 

 another from Bar-el-Zaraf (B.M. no. 0.8.6.2, Stanley Flotoer) 

 evidently represents a different form, perhaps the Huflanese 

 Hyeena, which I do not dare to name without knowing the colours. 

 It is of the broad type, and undoubtedly came from a very big- 

 animal. 



There are in the British Museum, besides the specimens just 

 mentioned, some otliers representing three different and ap- 

 parently new forms. In describing them, it is oiily provisionally 

 that I use binomial names. 



Crocuta rufopicta, sp. n. 



Diagnosis. — A very pale reddish form with red spots, quite 

 different from the grey Hytenas of Abyssinia and Uganda. 



Colour. — Ground-colour pale ochraceous buff, verging to tawnv 

 ochraceous on the back and the mane, and fading to pale buff on 

 the under parts. Spots small, very scattered, and ochraceous 

 rufous in colour. Feet ochraceous. Tip of the tail blackish, as 

 usual in Spotted Hysenas. 



Skull. — Palate nari-ow, its gi'eatest breadth being rather less 

 than the length of the upper tooth-series. Bullfe elongate ; 

 paroccipital processes considerably drawn backwards, their hind 

 outlines appearing, when the skull is I'esting on its basis, aa 

 oblique lines. 



Skull-measurements (of type). — Condylo-basal length, 240 mm. ; 

 zygomatic breadth, 159 ; interorbital breadth, 53'5 ; postorbital 

 constriction, 40 ; rostral breadth, 59 ; width of palate across the 

 carnassials, 97; mandible, from condyle, 178; upper tooth scries, 



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