588 Mr. P. S. Kershaw on 



Measurements of the type (taken from the dried skin) : — 

 Head and body 270 mm.; tail 194; hind foot, greatest 



length with nail JQ, without nail 68, 



Skull missing. \ 



Type, Adult female. Original number K. 29. B,M. no. 



23. 3. 4. 5. Collected 22nd November, 1921, by Mr. C. F. M. 



Swynnerton. 



Type-locality. Kipera, Kilosa. 



Although not so gaily clad as reichardi^ this species is 



more brightly coloured than any others of the subgenus 



hitherto described. 



8. Rhynchocyon [Rhinonax) petersi, Boc. 

 K. 166. Lushoto Forests, Usambara. 



9. Elephantulus renatus, sp. n. 



A species with sternal gland. General colour of head and 

 back drab. A large patch behind each ear whitish^ passing 

 into yellowish white. White markings about the eye large, 

 but not so conspicuous as in JiJ. ocularis. Hairs of under 

 surface white with very short slaty bases. Colour of snout 

 in front of the eyes drab-grey. Hands and feet white. 

 Hairs of tail brown above, white below. 



Dimensions of the type (taken in the flesh) ; — ■ 



Head and body 135 mm. ; tail 122 ; hind foot 32 ; ear 22. 



Skull: greatest length 36; nasals 13'5 ; interorbital 

 breadth 6'4; length of upper tooth-row 17*6. 



Type-locatily. Gwao's, near Itigi, Singida, 30° 40' E., 

 4° 25' S., about 85 miles N.W. by N. of Kilimatinde. 



J?//;e. Adult female. Collector's number K. 56. B.M. no. 

 23. 3. 4. 6. Collected by Mr. Arthur Loveridge. 



E. renatus is distinguished by the absence of anj?- russet 

 colour and by the conspicuous white patch behind the ears. 

 It appears to be most nearly related to E. pulcher and 

 ocularis, h\xi is quite different in colour from either. 



10. Felis serval hindei, Wrought. 



(^. K. 174; ?. K. 177. Kilosa. 



K. 173. Mkalama. 



The Mkalama skin has a much lighter ground-colour than 

 the Kilosa skins, this being buff except in the middle of the 

 back instead of ochraceous-buft'. 



11. Fells ocreata, Gmel. 

 cJ. K^85. Otto Plantation, Kilosa. 



The bofi^'-colour of this specimen is a light grey, thickly 

 covered on the sides and shoulders with small cinnamon 



