some new African Squirrels. 521 



Jleliosciifrus rJuxlesice loandicuSj Hulj.sp. n. 



Like rhodesia\ but duller and more dral)l>}' tliroiiglioiit ; 

 the ears not wliitoneil. 



General colour darker than \n rhodesia', without ilie gre} Ish- 

 M'liite tone of that animal. Ears coloured like the rest of 

 the head, not specially whitened. Forearms fringed with 

 very pale ochraceous. Hands and feet ochraceous, instead 

 of butfy white. Tail less whitened. 



Skull as in rhod>;sice. 



DiuKMisions of the type, measured in flesh :— 



Head and body 200 mm. ; tail 245 ; hind foot 47 ; ear 13. 



Skull : greatest length 47*5 ; condylo-iiicisive length 43. 



Bab. North Angola. Type from N'Dalla Taiido, 800 m. 

 Other specimens from Canhoca {.hisorr/e) and the Qu;inza 

 lliver [Monteiro). 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 10. 4. 8. 14. Original 

 number 42. Collected 31 October, IDOS, by Dr. W. J. 

 Ansorge. Five specimens. 



Examples of this squirrel have been in the collection for 

 many years under the erroneous names, first, of annidatiis 

 and then, when that name was suppressed, of iscd^ellinas, but 

 a renewed examination of the type of isabellinas shows that 

 1 was mistaken in referrino- it to this Angolan animal. For 

 it agrees absolutely with a number of specimens belonging 

 to the rufobraclnam group from the Lower Niger, and to 

 the Nigerian form the name should certainly belong. 



Both H. rhodesicB and the present subspecies of it would 

 seem to be pale southern representatives of the H. rufo- 

 brachiam group, though the characteristic reddening of the 

 ibrearms is scarcely perceptible. From rhudei^ice, loandicus 

 differs by its more drabby general colour and the absence of 

 the white on the ears, so marked in the Ivliodesian animal. 



Heliosciurus pundatus sava7inius, subsp. n. 



Closely allied to piinctatus, but paler throughout. 



Size as in punctatas. General colour above rather paler, 

 owing to the light rings on the hairs being both broader and 

 more whitish ; the buffy rings on the under-fur clearer buffy. 

 Under surface lighter ; the throat, chest, and inguinal region 

 whitish. Hands and feet paler, grey })roximally and buffy 

 terminally, instead of brown and daik butfy. Tail paler 

 throughout, the white hair-tips more prominent. 



Skull about as in piutctatus. 



Dimensions of type, measured in flesh : — 



Head and body 178 mm. ; tail 204 ; liind foot A'l ; ear IG. 

 Ann. cD Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vul. xi. 34 



