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41. — Funisciurus congicus, Kuhl. 

 458. No locality given. 



42. — Funisciurus congicus interior, Thos. 



795, 804. Luebo. 



505. Basongo. 



467. Kwamouth. 



678. Macaco, near Luebo. 



747. N'gombe, Kasai. 



730. Tshisika, Kasai, near Angolan frontier. 



Nos. 505, 747, and 730 are duller in colour than the type of 

 interior. This is probably due to the type spécimen being a goung 

 one. 



43. — Funisciurus mayumbicus, sp< n. 



42, 52, 53 (type), Ganda Sundi, Mayumbe Province, at the 

 mouth cf the River Congo, north bank. 

 94. Kisala, Upper Mayumbe. 



879. Makaia n'tete, Lower Mayumbe. 



Related to F. lemniscatus, but with buff underparts, no rufous tinge, 

 and a narrower skull. 



General colour paler than in lemniscatus, greenish yellow without 

 rufous tinge. The four dark dorsal stripes seal brown, ticked out with 

 tawny ochraceous. Médian light stripe faint, the same colour as the 

 body. Outer light stripes and sides light yellowish grey. The light 

 rings of the tail hairs buff, except at the distal end, where they become 

 tawny ochraceous. Conspicuous buff ring round the eye. Hands and 

 feet ochraceous buff. Entire undersurface pure buff in the type spé- 

 cimen, cream-buff in n° 52. Hairs of underparts unicolor on the 

 belly, and with very short slaty bases elsewhere in the type, while 

 in n° 52 they are practically unicolor throughout. 



Type, adult $, in the Musée du Congo Belge, Tervueren, Belgium. 

 Original number 53, collected by Dr. H. Schouteden. 



Dimensions of the type, (taken from the skin) : — head and body, 

 185 mm.; tail vertebrae, 165; hind foot (c) 38; ear, 13. 



Skull : greatest length, 43; condylo-incisive length 38; interorbital 



