KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 58. NIO 2. 



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overlaid with long glistening black tips to the hairs, which almost completely cover 

 the narrow light rings from vicw. The flanks and the head as well are darker and less 

 grizzled than in the specimens from Beni so that the whole animal looks darker and not 

 so brownish as H. r. semlikii. The tail has very long black hairs, and the pure white tips 

 are not so numerous as in the Squirrels from Beni. The rufous around the snout and on 

 the feet and legs is of a richer rufous shade, varying between Dauthénay's »burnt sienna» 

 (Rép. de Coul. 320) and »indian chestnut red» (ibid. 333). Head and body (dry skin) 

 about 31 cm., tail (without hair) about 30 cm., hind foot (s. u.) 55 mm. 



58 



mm. 



58,2 mm. 



51,2 



» 



52 



32,5 



» 



33,5 » 



18,5 



» 



19,2 » 



17 



- 



18 



11,1 



» 



10,9 » 



C? 



Greatest length of skull . . . 

 Condyloincisive length of skull 



Zygomatic breadth 



Nasals 



Interorbital width 



Upper molar series 11,1 



The presence in the Kivu district of a darker race of this species than at Beni is 

 an analogy to the from the Ruwenzori race differing Aethosciurus ruwenzorii vulcanicus, 

 also found at Masisi. 



Heliosciurus rufobrachiatus pasha Schwann. 



1 3 from Rutshuru, 27 / 6 1914. 



A specimen with the under parts dirty whitish, and the cranial measurements 

 agreeing with those recorded by Schwann is referred to this sj)ecies. It is very much 

 smaller than the foregoing. 



Protoxerus stangeri centricola Thomas. 



1 J, 3 ?? from Masisi, Febr. 1914; 3 33, 3 $? from Beni, Aug., >Sept, 1914; 1 ? 

 ibid., Jan. 1914. 



In addition to t hese adult specimens the collection also contains a quite young male 

 (from Masisi, Febr. 1914) in which the molars are not yet fully developed. This specimen 

 is remarkable for its bright colours. The crown and anterior back is mixed black and ochre 

 (Dauthénay, Rép. de Coul. 313). On the posterior back and on the hind legs the ochre 

 colour dominates completely, so that hardly any black is visible. The hind feet are rust 

 red (318). Före limbs, sides of neck and face grizzled black and white. The line of de- 

 markation hoary grey. Tail cylindrical, not bushy, ochre-coloured at the base, the remain- 

 der with long white tips to the hairs almost completely concealing the black basal parts. 

 Length of head and body 23 7 2 cm., tail 20 cm. 



Paraxerus böhmi emini Matschie. 



3 ? from Masisi, Febr. 1914; 3 ??, 2 33 from Beni, Aug., Sept. 1914. A young 

 specimen which has löst its label. 



