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GimiiTa, this being a true Heterohyrax, but living in the trees 

 like a Denclrohyrax. 



Mr. Neumann remarked that he could not quite agree with 

 Mr. Thomas in uniting all the large-toothed Hyraxes of Abyssinia 

 (except P. scioana) under the name Procavia ahyssinica Hempr. 

 cfc Ehr. This latter was a form with a variable black spot on 

 the back, living in Bogosland and in the coast - region of 

 Erythrea. Hyrax cdpiiii Gray and Hyrax irroratus var. luteo- 

 gcister Gray seemed to be synonyms of this species, both coming 

 from Northern Abyssiiaia. 



There was also a form with a small but distinct yellow spot on 

 the back, which should bear the name Procavia ferruginea (Gray), 

 The type of this species had been obtained by Jesse in Northern 

 Abyssinia, and four specimens of it, collected by Blanford in 

 Adigrat, were in the British Museum. 



The form of large-toothed Hyrax, which Mr. Neumann had 

 previously thought to be Procavia alpini Gray (Mitteil. Ges. 

 naturf. Fr. 1901, p. 241), therefore, needed a new name, and he 

 proposed to call it Procavia meneliki. It was similar to Procavia 

 inachinderi Thos., from Kenia, but smaller, apparently lighter, 

 and with a very large yellow spot on the back. The head was 

 lighter, and the outsides of the hind legs were far lighter than 

 in P. mackinderi. From P. jacksoni Thos., from Mau, which it 

 resembled in size, it was also distinguishable by its lighter colour 

 and much lighter underf ur. There were likewise differences in the 

 skull, which would be mentioned in another place. It was met 

 with in Abuje and Badattino, Province of Gindeberat, south of 

 the Blue Nile. 



Another species of Hyrax new to science was Procavia {Bendro- 

 hyrax) Tuxoenzorii, similar to Dendrohyrax stiMmanni Matsch., 

 and to Dendrohyrax crawshayi Thos. ; but differing from the 

 former in the pale grey instead of black underfur, and from 

 the latter in the absence of any reddish in the general coloration. 

 It differed from both of them in the long and thick fur, which 

 was the softest and thickest of all the Hyraxes as yet known, and 

 in the exceptional amount of long and woolly hairs standing out 

 beyond the other fur. 



The only specimen of this new species, collected by Sir Harry 

 Johnston, in September 1899, on Mount Ruwenzori at an altitude 

 of 11,000-11,5000 feet, was now in the British Museum (B. M. 

 1.8.9.43). It had been mentioned in Mr. Thomas's paper on the 

 Johnston collection (P. Z. S. 1900, p. 178) under the name 

 Procavia craivshayi. 



The Monkeys exhibited by Mr. Neumann were Gercointliecus 

 hilgerti, from the sources of the Wabbi ; Gercopithecus matschiei, a 

 very red form, from Kaffa; and Cercopithecus djamdjamensis, 

 a mountain-form with very thick fur and a short tail, which 

 lived at an altitude of from 10,000 to 12,000 feet in the bamboo- 

 forests of Djamdjam, east of Lake Abaja. All these three species 

 belonged to the Ohlorocebus group. 



