GRAPHIURUS CAPENSIS.— F. Cuv. et Geoff. 
Mammalia. — Plate XXXIX. 
G . supra cinereus nigro-brunneo penicillatus ; fascie, infra oculos, macula supra aurium, genis, ventre, 
lateribusque corporis albis ; cauda supra flavo-albd, infra brunnco-rubra ; fascia semicirculare inter 
labrum superiorum et partem inferiorem auris, supra oculum transiente, nigro-brunnea ; cauda 
versus basin subrotundata, versus apicem disticlia. 
Longitudo ab apice nasi ad basin caudse 4 unc. ; caudse 4 unc. 6 lin. 
Myoxus ocularis. Smith , Zoological Journal, vol. iv. p. 439. 
Colour. — The forehead, the upper surface of the head, the upper and 
lateral parts of the neck, and the back, and the upper parts of the sides ash- 
grey, profusely pencilled with liver-brown, the pencilled appearance arising 
from a great number of long and rather rigid liver-brown hairs, being scat- 
tered among the soft and light-coloured fur. The upper surface of the tail 
yellowish white, the lower surface and the edges inferiorly deep reddish 
brown. A blotch over the upper margin of each ear, the cheeks under the 
eyes ; a vertical bar in front of each shoulder, and the belly and sides pure 
white ; the white of the sides rising highest immediately behind the shoulder 
and in front of the thigh. A narrow liver-brown stripe on each side of the 
head, commencing at the edge of the upper lip immediately behind the muzzle, 
and terminating under the ear, forming in its course a sort of semicircle in 
order to pass over the eye; lower portion of each shoulder liver-brown. 
Upper lip, angles of mouth, lower lip, under surface of neck, and the tarsi 
of the anterior extremities rusty-reddish orange, the tint darkest round the 
mouth ; breast and tarsi of hinder extremities rusty sienna-yellow. Whiskers 
partly white, partly liver-brown. Eyes blackish. Incisor teeth pale-yellow. 
The basal or concealed portion of the fur, intermediate between black and 
lavender-purple : — this colour only seen by deranging the surface. 
Form, &c. — Body moderately robust and the extremities very short; head 
rather short and broad ; face rather flat ; cheeks bulging ; nose obtuse, the 
muzzle bare and the nostrils opening downwards. A pencil of long delicate 
