70 EINAR LÖNNBERG, MAMMALS COLLECTED IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 



Paraxerus alexandri Thomas & Wroughton. 

 1 c?, Beni, 4 / 7 1914; 1 d\ 1 ? ibid., Aug., Sept. 1914. 



Funisciurus carruthersi Thomas & Wroughton. 



1 d\ Masisi, Febr. 1914. 



This rare species was first described on two specimens from Mubiika Valley, Ruwen- 

 zori. Some few years låter Thomas described a new subspecies which lie named F. c. 

 tanganyikce, 1 because it was collected at »SUsumbura, N. end of L. Tanganyika ». The 

 latter is said to be »more suffused with ochraceous» and ha ve forearms and hind less 

 »strongly suffused with ochraceous ». This is not the case with this specimen, but on the 

 other hand it agrees with the subspecies from Usumbura in having the »tail-hairs washed 

 terminally with whitish, far ligliter than their basal rings, while in carruthersi both proxi- 

 mal and terminal rings are of the same yellowish colour». The påle colour of the tips, or 

 subterminal rings of the tail-hairs may, however, be the result of bleaching, and even if 

 this is not the case, the specimen from Masisi is at most intermediate between the typical 

 carruthersi and tanganyilcce, although is has been collected nearer Lake Tanganyika than 

 Eastern Ruwenzori. 



Funisciurus akka De Winton. 

 4 cTc?, 4?? from Masisi, Febr. 1914. 



G-raphiurus soleatus Thomas & Wroughton. 



1 ?, Masisi, Febr. 1914. 



Thomas Ii as recently stated 2 the existence of two species of Graphiurus in Upper 

 Congo viz. G. christyi Dollm. and G. lorraineus Dollm. from the Poko-district. The 

 present specimen differs, however, from both by its larger ears, and by the same charac- 

 teristic still more from G. surdus Dollm., described from French Congo. From G. lor- 

 raineus it differs also by its larger and differently coloured hind feet etc. 



The description 3 of G. soleatus Thomas & Wroughton from Ruwenzori fits on the 

 other hand very well to the Masisi Dormouse. In f act the cranial measurements recorded 

 by the authors mentioned, agree perfectly with the corresponding ones of the present 

 specimen. The dimensions of ear and hind foot are also similar. On the other hand the 

 length of head and body, as recorded by the authours quoted, is only 79 mm., while the 

 skin of the present specimen measures about 11 cm., but it may be stretched, and the 

 former mcasurement perhaps rather small. It appears rather improbable that the cran- 

 ial and other measurements could be so similar, but the body dimensions so different. 



1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Ilist. (8) Vol. IV, 1909, p. 477. 

 ■ Ann. Mag. Nat. Ilist. (8) Vol. XVI, L915, p. 474. 

 •' Träns. Zool. Soc, Vol. XIX, Part 5. 



