HERPESTES ALBICAUDA. 
195 
speckling. In some hairs there are as many as seven annuli, counting the pale basal 
portion of the hair. The apex is always dark-coloured. The long, black-tipped 
hairs extend on to the head. The portion of the limbs below the elbow and knee are 
dark russet-brown. 
mm. 
Snout to vent.485 
Vent to tip of tail.y70 
The following are the measurements of this and also of another skull from Nubia :— 
Premaxillaries to ext. occipital protuberance 
Basal length. 
Basicranial length. 
Length of palate. 
Breadth of palate between middle of last molars. 
„ „ anterior end of 3rd premolars . . 
„ „ middle of 1st premolars .... 
„ muzzle external to middle of 2nd premolar . . , 
Middle of anterior orbital margin to tip of premaxillaries . . 
Minimum frontal diameter. 
Frontal end of maxilla to ant. border of canine. 
Length of frontal in mesial line.. 
„ nasal in mesial line. 
„ premaxillaries. 
Breadth before infraorbital foramen. 
Outer inf. margin of infraorbital foramen to tip of premolar 
Depth (vertical) through post, border of infraorbital foramen . 
Greatest zygomatic breadth. 
Breadth at alveolar border (external) of canines. 
„ of skull at posterior root of zygoma (auditory meatus). 
Depth through anterior border of parietal. 
Breadth across upper incisors at base 
1st premolar, length along cingulum 
,, ,, ,, 
3rd „ „ „ 
1st molar, length along cingulum . 
2nd „ 
Extreme length of lower jaw . . . 
Height through ascending ramus 
Ambukol. 
Nubia. 
IV. N. 4. 
Eiipp. 
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V. N. 5 
mm. 
mm. 
99 
96 
92 
88 
34-5 
33-5 
55 
53 
13 
13-5 
17-5 
16 
13-7 
14 
21-5 
21 
33 
30 
18-5 
20 
obliterated. 
29 
39 
19 
21-5 
23 
22 
29-5 
28 
20 
20 
50 
47 
19 
19 
32 
30 
25 
28 
12 
11-5 
R. 3 
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6 
L. 6 
6 
L. 6 
8 
L. 8 
6-5 
L. 6'4 
4-5 
R. 4 
71 
65 
26 
24 
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